Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. internal(adj)

   happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface

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

2. internal, intragroup(adj)

   occurring within an institution or community

   "intragroup squabbling within the corporation"

3. 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"

4. 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.

5. inner, internal, intimate(adj)

   innermost or essential

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

Wiktionary(5.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. internal(Adjective)

   inside of something

   We saw the internal compartments

2. internal(Adjective)

   within the body

   Her bleeding was internal

3. internal(Adjective)

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

   The nation suffered from internal conflicts

4. internal(Adjective)

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

   An internal investigation was conducted

Origin: From internalis, from internus + -alis.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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

2. Internal(adj)

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

3. 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

4. Internal(adj)

   pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual

5. Internal(adj)

   intrinsic; inherent; real

6. Internal(adj)

   lying toward the mesial plane; mesial

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

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

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Martin Dempsey:

   He's conducting an internal inquiry.

2. Laura Fontana:

   He has this internal relentlessness.

3. Antoine de Rivarol:

   Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

4. Flemming Ornskov:

   Some Wall Street analysts internal synergy goals are much higher.

5. Mohsin Aziz:

   For stability, an internal (candidate) sounds better, but who knows.

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