2. (Anat.) Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups
of muscles; -- opposed to extrinsic.
Intrinsic energy of a body (Physics), the work it can do in virtue of
its actual condition, without any supply of energy from without. --
Intrinsic equation of a curve (Geom.), the equation which expresses the
relation which the length of a curve, measured from a given point of
it, to a movable point, has to the angle which the tangent to the curve
at the movable point makes with a fixed line. -- Intrinsic value. See
the Note under Value, n.
Syn. -- Inherent; innate; natural; real; genuine.
In*trin"sic, n. A genuine quality. [Obs.] Warburton.