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in·ter·nal

UK/ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/ US/ɪnˈtɜɹ.nəl/ common uk

adjective

1.

happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface

  • “internal organs”
  • “internal mechanism of a toy”
  • “internal party maneuvering”
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2.

occurring within an institution or community

  • “intragroup squabbling within the corporation”
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3.

inside the country

  • “the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior”
  • “the nation”
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4.

located inward

  • “Beethoven”
  • “- Leonard Bernstein;”
  • “- David Denby;”
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5.

innermost or essential

  • “the inner logic of Cubism”
  • “the internal contradictions of the theory”
  • “the intimate structure of matter”
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Origin

From Middle English internall, internalle, borrowing from New Latin internālis (“of or pertaining to the inner part”), from internus (“inward, internal”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, intern + -al.

Phrases

  • complete internal reflection
  • internal acoustic meatus
  • internal affairs
  • internal angle
  • internal auditory artery
  • internal auditory canal
  • internal auditory meatus
  • internal carotid artery

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