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Definition: Internal |
InternalAdjective1. Happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface; "internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering". 2. Occurring within an institution or community; "intragroup squabbling within the corporation". 3. Inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics". 4. 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. Innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "internal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Computing | Level that is close to hardware(machine), where data is at a low level of abstraction. Source: European Union. (references) |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | A house organ or employee magazine circulated only among employees. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Nei chia (內家 pinyin nei4jia1) denotes the internal, or 'soft' family of Chinese martial arts . Traditionally, the three arts Tai Chi Chuan, Bagua zhang (Ba Gua Quan) and Hsing Yi (Xing-i) are regarded internal.This classification was first identified in the 1920s by the Chinese philosopher Sun Lutang. According to this classification, the principles defining an internal martial art are:
- Mind is emphasized over brute strength.
- Develop and control inner qi (ch'i).
- Movement principles applied from Taoist Yoga.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nei chia."
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| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| int.comb. | English | Internal combustion | N/A |
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Synonyms: InternalSynonyms: home(a) (adj), inner (adj), interior (adj), interior(a) (adj), intimate (adj), intragroup (adj), national (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: external (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Evidence | Oral evidence, documentary evidence, hearsay evidence, external evidence, extrinsic evidence, internal evidence, intrinsic evidence, circumstantial evidence, cumulative evidence, ex parte evidence, presumptive evidence, collateral evidence, constructive evidence; proof; (demonstration); evidence in chief. |
Interiority | Adjective: interior, internal; inner, inside, inward, intraregarding; inmost, innermost; deep seated, gut; intestine, intestinal; inland; subcutaneous; abdominal, coeliac, endomorphic;Adjective: interior, internal; inner, inside, inward, intraregarding; inmost, innermost; deep seated, gut; intestine, intestinal; inland; subcutaneous; abdominal, coeliac, endomorphic; interstitial; (interjacent); inwrought; (intrinsic); inclosed; Verb: |
Intrinsicality | Adjective: derived from within, subjective; intrinsic, intrinsical; fundamental, normal; implanted, inherent, essential, natural; innate, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inwrought; coeval with birth, genetous, haematobious, syngenic; radical, incarnate, thoroughbred, hereditary, inherited, immanent; congenital, congenite; connate, running in the blood; ingenerate, ingenite; indigenous; in the grain; Noun: bred in the bone, instinctive; inward, internal; to the manner born; virtual. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Internal |
| English words defined with "internal": internal carotid artery, internal medicine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "internal": ASSEMBLER HELPER, INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE ♦ COMMANDER, INTERNAL AFFAIRS ♦ Fracture Fixation, Internal ♦ GRINDER SET-UP OPERATOR, INTERNAL ♦ internal acoustic duct, internal auditory canal, internal auditory meatus, internal ear canal, internal energy, internal field separators, Internal Fixators, internal grinder, tool, Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis, internal medicine specialis, Internal Rate of Return, internal screw, internal thread broaching, Internal Translator ♦ MANAGER, INTERNAL SECURITY ♦ remitting bank's internal number. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "internal": Penetralia. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Have we an internal sequin issue to deal with, Benjamin (Benny and Joon ; writing credit: Barry Berman) Yes, but his external existence was in no way compared to his internal agony of the loneliness he felt (The Faculty; writing credit: David Wechter; Bruce Kimmel) Suppose by the time it got to Internal Revenue it only weighed 800 pounds (I Spy; writing credit: James B. Allardice) Are you suffering from internal parasites (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) Tell me, are you guys with the Internal Revenue Service (The Omega Man; writing credit: Richard Matheson; John William Corrington) | |
Movie/TV Titles | An Internal Triangle (1913) Internal Cumbustion (2003) | |
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These are several schematic drawings of the anatomy of the breast, showing the internal and external structures of the breast. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | Pictured is a breast cancer cell, photographed by a scanning electron microscope, which produces a 3-dimensional images. This picture shows the overall shape of the cell's surface at a very high magnification. Cancer cells are best identified by internal details, but research with a scanning electron microscope can show how cells respond in changing environments and can show mapping distribution of binding sites of hormones and other biological molecules. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | ||
Tertiary syphilis occurs many years after initial untreated primary syphilis. Gummas, or internal tissue granulation, form and result in severe damage to the skin, bone, and liver. Credit: CDC. | ![]() | Internal View of Fathometer From the manual - "The Submarine Fathometer". Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | |
![]() | Completed tower with internal instrument tripod at Station Foss This station took 1 and 1/2 days to complete Photo #5 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Figure 8. L. Linsbauer's photometer. Left: a picture of the unit. Right: a picture of the internal photometer mechanism. This instrument was invented by Ludwig Linsbauer for use in fresh water. It was used in Lake Traunsee in the northern part of Austria in 1904 at small depths. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
![]() | Figure 49. Float invented by Prince Albert I of Monaco and Georges Pouchet for study of currents in the North Atlantic off l'HIRONDELLE in 1887. Left: the unit as it would be seen in the water. Right: the internal structure of the float. A thousand of these floats were released mainly northwest of the Azores in July 1887. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ![]() | Studying internal structure and organisms of coral NOAA scientists Dr. Tony Picciolo, Dave Hardy, and Darrell Knoll. Credit: Small World. |
![]() | An AIM-9 Sidewinder missile begins its early separation from an F-22 Raptor. The major milestone test evaluated the next-generation fighter's ability to fire an air-to-air missile from an internal weapons bay. (U.S. Air Force p.; photo by Judson Brohmer) | ![]() | St. Croix hair sheep have a high resistance to certain internal parasites such as barberpole stomach worms. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Perry Rech.. |
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| "Internal Courtyard of Louvre" by Chico Iuliano Commentary: "An internal façade of the Louvre Museum at sunset." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
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| Flying arrows with heavy bass and contrapuntal internal accompaniment. | Bass drone with airy melody and internal chords. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Antoine Rivarol | Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech. |
W. Clement Stone | Bondage is... subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | As regards internal commercial air traffic, the aircraft of the, Allied and Associated Powers shall enjoy in Germany most favoured nation treatment. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | It is not our duty at this time when difficulties are so numerous to interfere forcibly in the internal affairs of countries which we have not conquered in war. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Young Zaphod Plays It Safe | Douglas Adams | Zaphod wondered what to do about all this, and after a brief but hectic internal debate decided that passing out would be the very thing |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | At the instant the traveller, after the internal deliberation which we have just indicated, was making up his mind to go back, this boy returned |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Archives of Internal Medicine. (references) | |
In Principles of Internal Medicine. (references) | ||
This is called internal radiation therapy. (references) | ||
Business | Police forces maintain internal security. (references) | |
Mexico's record in internal union democracy and transparency is mixed. (references) | ||
All imported cars should be registered with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. (references) | ||
Children | Mozambique | ADEMO's effectiveness during the year was hindered by internal conflicts. (references) |
Macedonia | Like other civilians, children were caught in the country's internal conflict. (references) | |
Uganda | This large number of orphans resulted from previous civil wars, the internal displacement of persons, and HIV/AIDS. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Turkmenistan | Citizens still carry internal passports. (references) |
Taiwan | The authorities do not restrict freedom of internal travel. (references) | |
Syria | Religious groups tend to avoid any involvement in internal political affairs. (references) | |
Economic History | Cote d'Ivoire | Government internal and external debt ballooned. (references) |
Zambia | The ZDF is designed primarily for internal defense. (references) | |
Haiti | Both the internal and the export sectors were left decapitalized. (references) | |
Human Rights | China | All major hotels have a sizable internal security presence. (references) |
Colombia | In September 2000, the ELN reportedly held an internal trial. (references) | |
Pakistan | All three were found guilty by an internal police investigation. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Colombia | Members of indigenous communities continued to be victims of all sides in the internal conflict, and a number of them were killed. (references) |
Guatemala | Indigenous people were the most common victims of extrajudicial killings and other serious human rights abuses during the internal conflict. (references) | |
Mexico | The bill addresses government recognition of indigenous people, their right to internal self-government, the legal standing of traditional forms of justice, indigenous input into national, state and municipal development plans, and control over natural resources. (references) | |
Minorities | Bahrain | While the defense and internal security forces predominantly are Sunni, Shi'a citizens now are allowed to hold posts in these forces; however, they do not hold positions of significance. (references) |
Angola | Years of war and internal dislocation have produced substantial integration of ethnic and linguistic groups, particularly in the coastal areas, where as much as half of the population resides. (references) | |
Netherlands | Each year the University of Leiden, in collaboration with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Anne Frank Foundation, investigates the extent of rightwing and racist violence against minorities. (references) | |
Political Economy | Guatemala | The PNC has sole responsibility for internal security. (references) |
Bahrain | It did not play a role in internal security during the year. (references) | |
Haiti | Child labor and internal trafficking of children were problems. (references) | |
Political Rights | Portugal | Some political parties have adopted internal quotas for women. (references) |
East Timor | UNTAET officials headed the ministries of Internal Security, Justice, Political, Constitutional and Electoral Affairs, and Finance. (references) | |
Paraguay | The new Electoral Code requires that 20 percent of each party's candidates in their internal primaries for elective office be women. (references) | |
Trade | Bahrain | The customs union implementation date could slip due to ongoing internal GCC differences. (references) |
Tanzania | Previously, Tanzania used non-tariff trade barriers to protect local industries and its internal market. (references) | |
Turkey | Nearly three hundred additional companies have established internal quality control regimes over the past year. (references) | |
Travel | Uruguay | There is very limited internal passenger railway service. (references) |
Georgia | The condition of the internal roads in the country remains poor. (references) | |
Israel | Limited internal air service is available on Fridays and Saturdays. (references) | |
Women | Benin | Judges and police also are reluctant to intervene in domestic disputes; society and law enforcement considers such cases to be an internal family matter. (references) |
Worker Rights | Brazil | The law requires employers to establish internal committees for accident prevention in workplaces. (references) |
Haiti | The law does not prohibit trafficking in persons, and internal trafficking of children is a problem. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HARMONISTS, n. A sect of Protestants, now extinct, who came from Europe in the beginning of the last century and were distinguished for the bitterness of their internal controversies and dissensions. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | For many developing countries progress is hobbled by decades of internal strife. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Contemplating the internal situation as well as the external relations of the United States, we discover equal cause for contentment and satisfaction. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | For the internal support of the country the encouragement of a strong settlement on the western side of the Mississippi, within reach of New Orleans, will be worthy the consideration of the Legislature. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Internal disturbances have been more frequent among them than their common friends would have desired. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | I am not hostile to internal improvements, and wish to see them extended to every part of the country. |
Ulysses S. Grant | 1869-1877 | When my first term of the office of Chief Executive began, the country had not recovered from the effects of a great internal revolution, and three of the former States of the Union had not been restored to their Federal relations. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | That progress has speeded internal development and has changed world relationships so fast that we must realize the fact of a new era. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Government aid can only supplement the role of private investment, trade expansion, commodity stabilization, and, above all, internal self-improvement. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | We have respected ideological diversity and opposed outside intervention in purely internal affairs. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | It's time to build on our new relationship with the Soviet Union, to endorse and encourage a peaceful process of internal change toward democracy and economic opportunity. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | A lot of people think that the security concerns of America today are entirely internal to our borders. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Internal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Internal" is used about 6,714 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 6,714 | 1,439 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "internal": collector of internal revenue ♦ female internal reproductive organ ♦ frustrated total internal reflection ♦ hair internal crack ♦ internal acoustic duct ♦ internal aerial ♦ internal affairs ♦ internal angle ♦ Internal angles ♦ internal audit ♦ internal auditory artery ♦ internal auditory canal ♦ internal auditory meatus ♦ internal auditory vein ♦ internal bleeding ♦ internal bond strength ♦ internal broaching of helical grooves ♦ Internal Capsule ♦ internal carotid artery ♦ internal cerebral vein ♦ internal check ♦ internal checking ♦ internal chill ♦ internal combustion ♦ internal combustion engine ♦ internal control ♦ internal courier ♦ internal devices ♦ internal diameter ♦ internal drive ♦ internal ear ♦ internal ear canal ♦ internal evidence ♦ internal exchange of obligations ♦ internal field separators ♦ Internal Fixators ♦ internal flag swap ♦ internal font ♦ Internal gear ♦ internal gun ♦ internal haemorrhoids ♦ internal hemorrhoids ♦ internal iliac artery ♦ internal iliac vein ♦ internal jugular vein ♦ internal leakage ♦ internal loan ♦ Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis ♦ internal market ♦ internal matter ♦ internal maxillary artery ♦ internal medicine ♦ Internal navigation ♦ internal organ ♦ internal organs ♦ internal pain ♦ internal part ♦ internal pressure ♦ internal public debt ♦ internal Qi Gong ♦ internal Qigong ♦ internal radiation ♦ internal recruitment ♦ internal rectusmuscle ♦ internal reflexion ♦ internal representation ♦ internal respiration ♦ internal revenue ♦ internal revenue agent ♦ internal revenue office ♦ internal revenue service ♦ internal rhyme ♦ internal sapwood ♦ internal screw ♦ internal secretion ♦ internal security ♦ internal space ♦ internal specialist ♦ internal spermatic artery ♦ Internal stored program ♦ internal stresses ♦ internal temperature ♦ internal thread ♦ internal thread broaching ♦ internal trade ♦ internal Translator ♦ internal turning ♦ internal vibrator ♦ internal wall ♦ internal waste ♦ male internal reproductive organ ♦ prolapsed internal haemorrhoids ♦ prolapsed internal hemorrhoids ♦ remitting bank's internal number ♦ safety washer with internal sprag ♦ tab washer with internal tongue ♦ the internal sense ♦ tongued washer with internal tongue. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "internal": Internal-combustion, internal-combustion engine, internal-distribution, internal-external, Internal-External Control, internal-management, internal-market, internal-secretion, internal-security, internal-trade. | |
Ending with "internal": sentence-internal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "internal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i fshehtë (backdoor, clandestine, close, colorable, colourable, confidential, cryptic, dark, deep, deep-seated, elfish, elvish, esoteric, furtive, hidden, hole-and-corner, insidious, latent, occult, Perdue, private, privy, quiet, secret, secretive, sly, stealthy, subterranean, under the counter, under the table, under wraps, undercover, underhand, underhanded, unearthly, veiled), i brendshëm (domestic, esoteric, immanent, indoor, inland, inlying, inner, inside, interior, intestine, intimate, intramural, intrinsic, inward, Midland, seamy), organet e brendshme (innards, viscera). (various references) | |
Arabic | معد للاستعمال عن طريق المعد, ذاتي (personal, spontaneous, subjective), داخلي (domestic, female, in, indoor, inland, inner, inside, interior, intestine, inward, parietal, residential), باطني (inner, interior, inward, mystic). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вътрешни качества, вътрешен (domestic, endo-, home, in, indoor, inland, inner, inside, interior, intimate, intrinsic, inward, mediterranean, mental), душевен (mental, psychic, psychical). (various references) | |
Chinese | 體內 , 國內 (civil, domestic), 內部 (inside, interior), 內置 (internally installed), 內在的 (inner), 內 (inner, inside, interior, within), 内部 (int, Interior, internally, intra, Intra-, inward). (various references) | |
Czech | interní (domestic), vnitropolitický (domestic), vnitřní (domestic, inland, inner, interior, intrinsic, intrinsical, inward, male), domácí (brownie, domestic, domiciliary, home, homegrown, homelike, homemade, home-made, indoor, inland, native, tame, vernacular). (various references) | |
Danish | indre (inner, inside). (various references) | |
Dutch | intern (inner, inside), binnenste (center, centre, inner, inside, interior), binnenlands (aboriginal, domestic, inner, inside). (various references) | |
Esperanto | interna (inner, inside). (various references) | |
Faeroese | insti (inner, inside), innan- (inner, inside). (various references) | |
Farsi | ناشی ازدرون , داخلی (Esoteric, Indoor, Innate, Inner, Interior, Inward, Territorial), درونی (Esoteric, Indoor, Inmost, Innate, Inner, Innermost, Interior, Inward, Pectoral, Subjective), باطنی (Inmost, Inner, Intrinsic, Pectoral). (various references) | |
Finnish | sisäinen (inherent, inner, inside, interior, intrinsic, inward). (various references) | |
French | interne (inner, inside, intern). (various references) | |
German | intern (in-house, inner, inside, interior, internally, intra), innerlich (inner, inside, inward, inwardly, mentally). (various references) | |
Greek | εσωτερικός (indoor, inner). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תוכי (inner, interim, intestine, intrinsic, intrinsical, parrot, popinjay), פנימי (inner, interim, interior, intestine, intrinsic, intrinsical, inward). (various references) | |
Hungarian | belföldi (domestic, home, indigenous, inland, interior, intestine). (various references) | |
Indonesian | batiniah (spiritual), batin (arcane, hidden, inner, mental, mind, moral, secret), bagian dalam (interior). (various references) | |
Italian | interno (extension, home, indoor, in-house, inland, inner, inside, interior, intern, inward, iternal, lining, Midland, resident, residential). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 内部的 , 内部 (inside, interior), 内部 (inside, interior), 内面的 (inner, inside), 内蔵 (involvement), 内在的 (immanent, intrinsic), 国内 (domestic), 対内 (domestic). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たいない (domestic, inside the body, interior of womb), ないぞう (internal organs, intestines, involvement, viscera), ないざいてき (immanent, intrinsic), ないぶてき, ないぶ (inside, interior), ないめんてき (inner, inside), こくない (domestic). (various references) | |
Korean | 내부 (int, inward). (various references) | |
Manx | sthie (in stock, indoors, inner, inside, interior, inwards, within). (various references) | |
Norwegian | innvendig (indoor, inside, interior, inwardly), indre (inner, inside, interior, intrinsic). (various references) | |
Papiamen | interno (inner, inside). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | internalay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | interno (colleger, in, indoor, in-house, inland, inmost, inner, inside). (various references) | |
Romanian | intim (close, cordial, familiar, friendly, heart-to-heart, hearty, home-felt, homelike, in, innermost, intimate, inward, mutual, near, private), intern (domestic, inland, inner, interior, internally, inward, resident), interior (dwelling, home, house, in, inland, inlying, inner, inside, interior, inward, Midland, midst), secret (arcanum, close, confidential, cover, covertly, hidden, hugger mugger, mysterious, mystery, occult, private, privy, quiet, reticence, secrecy, secret, secretly, ulterior, underground, undisclosed, unspoken, untold), lãuntric (inlying, inner, interior, inward, inwardly). (various references) | |
Russian | внутренний (back-end, domestic, endo-, endogeneous, indoor, in-house, inland, inner, inner tube, innermost, inside, interum, intestine, intimate, intrinsical, mediterranean). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | interni, unutrašnji (inboard, indoor, inland, inner, inside, interior, intrinsic, inward). (various references) | |
Spanish | interno (boarder, extension, in-house, inner, inside, interior, intern, inward, resident), interior (domestic, home, inboard, indoor, inland, inner, innermost, inside, interior, inward, outback), interna (inner, inside). (various references) | |
Swedish | invärtes (inside, internally, inward, inwardly, visceral), inre (entrails, heart, inner, inside, interior, intrinsic, inward, inwards, Midland). (various references) | |
Turkish | içilir, iç (bowels, civil, core, domestic, endo-, guts, in, inland, inlying, inner, inside, interior, intestine, inward, refill, stuffing, within), yaradılış (being, build, constitution, creation, disposition, frame, idiosyncrasy, make up, Mold, mould, temperament), stajyer (intern, probationer, pupil, student, trainee), doğa (nature), dahili (indoor, inner). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | внутрішній (domestic, in, inboard, in-house, inland, inlying, inner, inside, interior, intern, intestinal, intestine, inward, routine, within), внутрішні органи, душевний (psychic, psychical). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | ở trong (interior). (various references) | |
Welsh | tufewnol (interior, inward), mewnol (inward, subjective). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | internorum, internus, intestina, intestina-us-um, intestinis, intestinus, intrinsecus, penitus. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | intrinsecus, visceralis. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | interne. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "internal": internalise, internalised, internalises, internalising, internalities, internality, internalization, internalizations, internalize, internalized, internalizes, internalizing, internally, internals. (additional references) | |
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"Internal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cisternal, enternal, Inderal, ineternal, intenral, Intera, interal, Intercal, intergal, interia, interial, intermale, interna, internall, internat, internl, internol, intirgal, Intorno, intregal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "internal" (pronounced i'nter"nul) |
| 5 | -t er" n u l | eternal, external, fraternal, maternal, nocturnal, paternal. |
| 4 | -er" n u l | infernal, Colonel, diurnal, journal, kernel, vernal. |
| 3 | -n u l | abdominal, aberrational, aboriginal, additional, adrenal, anal, annal, annul, Arsenal, atonal, attitudinal, autumnal, binational, biphenyl, cantonal, Cardinal, carnal, channel, coeducational, collisional, communal, compositional, computational, concessional, conditional, confessional, conformational, confrontational, congregational, congressional, connotational, constitutional, conventional, conversational, cornel, correctional, criminal, Darnel, delusional, denominational, departmental, depositional, devotional, diagonal, dimensional, directional, divisional, doctrinal, duodenal, dysfunctional, educational, emotional, empanel, erosional, exceptional, factional, faunal, fennel, fictional, final, flannel, fluxional, foundational, fractional, functional, funnel, gastrointestinal, generational, gravitational, hexagonal, hormonal, Hymnal, impanel, impersonal, improvisational, spinal, subliminal, superregional, supranational, terminal, informational, inspirational, institutional, instructional, intentional, intergenerational, international, interpersonal, intestinal, investigational, Invitational, irrational, jurisdictional, juvenile, kennel, latitudinal, longitudinal, luminal, marginal, medicinal, monoclonal, monsoonal, morainal, motivational, multinational, national, navigational, nominal, noncriminal, nonprofessional, nontraditional, nutritional, obsessional, occasional, occupational, octagonal, operational, optional, organizational, original, panel, penal, personal, phenomenal, polygonal, polyvinyl, processional, professional, promotional, proportional, provisional, rational, recreational, regional, relational, renal, representational, retinal, rotational, seasonal, sectional, semifinal, seminal, sensational, sentinel, shrapnel, signal, situational, tonal, traditional, transformational, transitional, transnational, tribunal, tunnel, unconditional, unconstitutional, unconventional, unemotional, unintentional, unprofessional, untraditional, vaginal, venal, Vinal, vinyl, virginal, vocational. |