Definition of internal Internal

/ɪntɚˈnʌl/ - [internul] - in•ter•nal

We found 21 definitions of internal from 6 different sources.

What does internal mean?

WordNet

Adjective
internal - happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface; "internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering"
		external happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface; "the external auditory canal"; "external pressures"
		inside away from the outer edge; "an inner lahne"; "the inside lane"
		spatial relation, position the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
		inner inside or closer to the inside of the body; "the inner ear"
		interior of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts"
		internecine characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides; "internecine war"
internal - occurring within an institution or community; "intragroup squabbling within the corporation"
		intragroup
internal - 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.
		inner, interior
internal - innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter"
		inner, intimate
internal - inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"
		home, interior, national

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Wiktionary

internal (Adjective)
inside of something.
internal (Adjective)
within the body.
internal (Adjective)
Concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community.
internal (Adjective)
Concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

internal (a.)
Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth.
internal (a.)
Derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent; as, the internal evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures.
internal (a.)
Pertaining to its own affairs or interests; especially, (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to foreign; as, internal trade; internal troubles or war.
internal (a.)
Pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual.
internal (a.)
Intrinsic; inherent; real.
internal (a.)
Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

internal
Inside of something.
internal
Of or concerned with matters within the boundaries of a nation, as opposed to its relations with other nations.
internal
Within the body.
internal
Concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

internal
in-tėr′nal, adj. being in the interior: domestic, as opposed to foreign: intrinsic: pertaining to the heart:—opp. to External.—n. Internal′ity.—adv. Inter′nally.—Internal evidence, evidence with regard to a thing, subject, book, &c. afforded by its intrinsic qualities. [L. internus—-inter, within.]