intrinsic
Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.
Example
“the intrinsic value of gold or silver”
Other meanings
Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.
Related words
- intrinsicness
- nonintrinsic
- subintrinsic
- unintrinsic
- intrinsic value
- intrinsic motivation
- intrinsicoid
- intrinsic semiconductor
- intrinsify
- for all intrinsic purposes
- intrinsic brightness
- intrinsic protein
Word history
From Latin "intrīnsecus" (on the inside, inwardly).
Where this comes from
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