internal

adj
/ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/UK/ɪnˈtɜɹ.nəl/US/ɪnˈʈəʳ.nəl/

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.

  1. derived from internālis
  2. inherited from internall, internalle

Definitions

  1. Of or situated on the inside.

    • We saw the internal compartments of the machine.
  2. Experienced in one's mind

    Experienced in one's mind; inner rather than expressed.

    • internal feelings
  3. Of the inner nature of a thing.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Attending a university as well as taking its examinations.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at internal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at internal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at internal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA