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intrinsic

adj
/ɪnˈtɹɪn.zɪk/

Etymology

From Middle French intrinsèque, from Latin intrīnsecus (“on the inside, inwardly”), from *intrim, an assumed adverbial form of inter (“within”) + secus (“by, on the side”).

  1. derived from intrīnsecus

Definitions

  1. Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.

    • the intrinsic value of gold or silver
    • the intrinsic merit of an action
    • He was better qualified than they to estimate justly the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and refinement.

  2. Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.

  3. Built-in.

    • In addition to the Fortran operators that are intrinsic (built in), there may be user-defined operators in expressions.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any…

      A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.

      • SIMD intrinics
      • Crappy loops, we got them: Use vector intrinsics¶ For troublesome loops that just don't vectorize even with hints, vector intrinsics are another option.

    2. An ability possessed by a character and not requiring any external equipment.

      • You can acquire the fire-resistance intrinsic by eating dragon meat.

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Derived

for all intrinsic purposes, intrinsicality, intrinsically, intrinsic brightness, intrinsic motivation, intrinsicness, intrinsicoid, intrinsic protein, intrinsic reward, intrinsic semiconductor, intrinsic tracer, intrinsic value, intrinsify, nonintrinsic, subintrinsic, unintrinsic

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at intrinsic. 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.

01intrinsic02inherent03naturally04nature05spiritual06pure07clean08extraneous

A definitional loop anchored at intrinsic. 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 intrinsic

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

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