internal
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/
The English word “internal” has 9 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Of or situated on the inside.
- Within the body.
- Concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community.
- Concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation.
- Present or arising within an organism or one of its parts.
- Applied or intended for application through the stomach by being swallowed.
- Experienced in one's mind; inner rather than expressed.
- Of the inner nature of a thing.
- Attending a university as well as taking its examinations.
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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