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Internal

//ɪnˈtɜːnəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or situated on the inside.

    "We saw the internal compartments of the machine."

  2. 2
    Of or situated on the inside.; Within the body.

    "Her bleeding was internal."

  3. 3
    Of or situated on the inside.; Concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community.

    "The nation suffered from internal conflicts."

  4. 4
    Of or situated on the inside.; Concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation.

    "An internal investigation was conducted."

  5. 5
    Of or situated on the inside.; Present or arising within an organism or one of its parts.

    "an internal stimulus"

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  1. 6
    Of or situated on the inside.; Applied or intended for application through the stomach by being swallowed.

    "an internal remedy"

  2. 7
    Experienced in one's mind; inner rather than expressed.

    "internal feelings"

  3. 8
    Of the inner nature of a thing.
  4. 9
    Attending a university as well as taking its examinations. British
Adjective
  1. 1
    happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface wordnet
  2. 2
    located inward wordnet
  3. 3
    inside the country wordnet
  4. 4
    occurring within an institution or community wordnet
  5. 5
    innermost or essential wordnet

Etymology

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.

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