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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Interior \In*te"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. fr. inter between: cf.
F. int['e]rieur. See {Inter-}, and cf. {Intimate}.]
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1. Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside;
internal; inner; -- opposed to {exterior}, or
{superficial}; as, the interior apartments of a house; the
interior surface of a hollow ball.
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2. Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland; as,
the interior parts of a region or country.
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{Interior angle} (Geom.), an angle formed between two sides,
within any rectilinear figure, as a polygon, or between
two parallel lines by these lines and another intersecting
them; -- called also {internal angle}.
{Interior planets} (Astron.), those planets within the orbit
of the earth.
{Interior screw}, a screw cut on an interior surface, as in a
nut; a female screw.
Syn: Internal; inside; inner; inland; inward.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Internal \In*tern"al\, a. [L. internus; akin to interior. See
{Interior}.]
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1. Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface;
inclosed; -- opposed to {external}; as, the internal parts
of a body, or of the earth.
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2. Derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent;
as, the internal evidence of the divine origin of the
Scriptures.
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3. Pertaining to its own affairs or interests; especially,
(said of a country) domestic, as opposed to {foreign}; as,
internal trade; internal troubles or war.
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4. Pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual.
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With our Savior, internal purity is everything.
--Paley.
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5. Intrinsic; inherent; real. [R.]
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The internal rectitude of our actions in the sight
of God. --Rogers.
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6. (Anat.) Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial.
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{Internal angle} (Geom.), an interior angle. See under
{Interior}.
{Internal gear} (Mach.), a gear in which the teeth project
inward from the rim instead of outward.
Syn: Inner; interior; inward; inland; inside.
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