What does internal mean?

Definitions for internal
ɪnˈtɜr nlin·ter·nal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. internaladjective

    happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface

    "internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering"

  2. internal, intragroupadjective

    occurring within an institution or community

    "intragroup squabbling within the corporation"

  3. home(a), interior(a), internal, nationaladjective

    inside the country

    "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"

  4. inner, interior, internaladjective

    located inward

    "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.

  5. inner, internal, intimateadjective

    innermost or essential

    "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter"

Wiktionary

  1. internaladjective

    inside of something

    We saw the internal compartments

  2. internaladjective

    within the body

    Her bleeding was internal

  3. internaladjective

    concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community.

    The nation suffered from internal conflicts

  4. internaladjective

    concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation

    An internal investigation was conducted

  5. Etymology: From internalis, from internus + -alis.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. INTERNALadjective

    Etymology: internus, Latin.

    That ye shall be as gods, since I as man,
    Internal man, is but proportion meet. John Milton, Par. Lost.

    Myself, my conscience, and internal peace. John Milton.

    Bad comes of setting our hearts upon the shape, colour, and external beauty of things, without regard to the internal excellence and virtue of them. Roger L'Estrange.

    If we think most mens actions to be the interpreters of their thoughts, they have no such internal veneration for good rules. John Locke.

    We are to provide things honest; to consider not only the internal rectitude of our actions in the sight of God, but whether they will be free from all mark or suspicion of evil. John Rogers.

ChatGPT

  1. internal

    Internal generally refers to something that is located within or inside something else, whether it's a physical object, a system, an organization or a living body. It can also refer to properties, activities or processes occurring or situated within the specified limits, boundaries or spaces. It could also refer to thoughts or feelings that exist inside a person's mind and are not expressed or shown to other people. The precise meaning often depends on the specific context in which it is used.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Internaladjective

    inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth

  2. Internaladjective

    derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent; as, the internal evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures

  3. Internaladjective

    pertaining to its own affairs or interests; especially, (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to foreign; as, internal trade; internal troubles or war

  4. Internaladjective

    pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual

  5. Internaladjective

    intrinsic; inherent; real

  6. Internaladjective

    lying toward the mesial plane; mesial

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Internal

    in-tėr′nal, adj. being in the interior: domestic, as opposed to foreign: intrinsic: pertaining to the heart:—opp. to External.—n. Internal′ity.—adv. Inter′nally.—Internal evidence, evidence with regard to a thing, subject, book, &c. afforded by its intrinsic qualities. [L. internus-inter, within.]

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'internal' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1516

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'internal' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3174

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'internal' in Adjectives Frequency: #185

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of internal in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of internal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of internal in a Sentence

  1. Photographer Leonard Pongo:

    I felt very challenged in my identity, sometimes as a' white,' others as a' black' person, this led to many conflicts, internal and external ; many arguments ; and it also directed the way I photographed.

  2. Chris Galipeau:

    My guess is we will see more of this internal rotation where growth takes a break and then it comes on and then value takes a break and then it comes on, it won’t surprise me if that continues for a couple of years.

  3. World Bank:

    We have paused disbursements in our operations in Afghanistan and we are closely monitoring and assessing the situation in line with our internal policies and procedures.

  4. Laura Fontana:

    He has this internal relentlessness.

  5. Jo Smith:

    The fatalities on the trial were largely due to internal bleeding, but when you look at the results there is also a large number of people in the placebo group who died.

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