What does internal mean?
Definitions for internal
ɪnˈtɜr nlin·ter·nal
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word internal.
Princeton's WordNet
internal(adj)
happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface
"internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering"
internal, intragroup(adj)
occurring within an institution or community
"intragroup squabbling within the corporation"
home(a), interior(a), internal, national(adj)
inside the country
"the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"
inner, interior, internal(adj)
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.
inner, internal, intimate(adj)
innermost or essential
"the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter"
Wiktionary
internal(Adjective)
inside of something
We saw the internal compartments
Etymology: From internalis, from internus + -alis.
internal(Adjective)
within the body
Her bleeding was internal
Etymology: From internalis, from internus + -alis.
internal(Adjective)
concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community.
The nation suffered from internal conflicts
Etymology: From internalis, from internus + -alis.
internal(Adjective)
concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
An internal investigation was conducted
Etymology: From internalis, from internus + -alis.
Webster Dictionary
Internal(adj)
inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth
Internal(adj)
derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent; as, the internal evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures
Internal(adj)
pertaining to its own affairs or interests; especially, (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to foreign; as, internal trade; internal troubles or war
Internal(adj)
pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual
Internal(adj)
intrinsic; inherent; real
Internal(adj)
lying toward the mesial plane; mesial
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'internal' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1516
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'internal' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3174
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'internal' in Adjectives Frequency: #185
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of internal in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of internal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of internal in a Sentence
The tumbling actually causes stresses and strains internal to the object, and that slowly but surely squeezes and pulls on the object just like tides on the Earth to remove energy from the spin.
Russia as a state has never interfered with the internal affairs of the President Putin, let alone its elections.
Neither ECB internal systems nor market-sensitive data were affected.
The issue of Pemex needs to be assessed, not just Pemex by itself, but the general situation of the effectiveness of the internal investigators.
Most of the time, how long [ a sale ] takes hinges on who the buyer is -- if it’s an internal candidate or a competitor down the street -- and it always seems to take longer than people expect.
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Translations for internal
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- داخليArabic
- internCatalan, Valencian
- vnitřní, domácíCzech
- internGerman
- εσωτερικόςGreek
- internaEsperanto
- interno, interiorSpanish
- درونی, داخلیPersian
- sisäinen, sisä-Finnish
- interneFrench
- ներքինArmenian
- interneInterlingua
- internoItalian
- iekšējsLatvian
- интерен, внатрешенMacedonian
- internNorwegian
- intern, binnenlands, inwendigDutch
- internNorwegian Nynorsk
- wewnętrznyPolish
- internoPortuguese
- внутреннийRussian
- ùnutrašnjī, ȉntērnī, ùnutārnjīSerbo-Croatian
- అంతర్గతTelugu
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