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Intrinsic

//ɪnˈtɹɪn.zɪk// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective

1
Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.
"the intrinsic value of gold or silver"
2
Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.
3
Built-in.
"In addition to the Fortran operators that are intrinsic (built in), there may be user-defined operators in expressions."

Adjective

1
situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts wordnet
2
belonging to a thing by its very nature wordnet

Noun

1
A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.
"SIMD intrinics"
2
An ability possessed by a character and not requiring any external equipment.
"You can acquire the fire-resistance intrinsic by eating dragon meat."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French intrinsèque, from Latin intrīnsecus (“on the inside, inwardly”), from *intrim, an assumed adverbial form of inter (“within”) + secus (“by, on the side”).

Etymology 2

From Middle French intrinsèque, from Latin intrīnsecus (“on the inside, inwardly”), from *intrim, an assumed adverbial form of inter (“within”) + secus (“by, on the side”).

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