intrinsic

intrinsic has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• a.. Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or goodness of a person.
• a.. Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups of muscles; -- opposed to extrinsic.
• n.. A genuine quality.
• a.. situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts; "intrinsic muscles"
• a.. belonging to a thing by its very nature; "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey