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intrinsic

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Frenchintrinsèque, fromLatinintrīnsecus(“on the inside, inwardly”), from*intrim, an assumed adverbial form ofinter(“within”) +secus(“by, on the side”).

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intrinsic (comparativemoreintrinsic,superlativemostintrinsic)

  1. Innate,inherent,inseparable from the thing itself,essential.
    Synonyms:essential,inherent,innate,proper to;see alsoThesaurus:intrinsic,Thesaurus:innate
    Antonym:extrinsic
    theintrinsic value of gold or silver
    theintrinsic merit of an action
    • 1832, [Isaac Taylor],Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball,→OCLC:
      He was better qualified than they to estimate justly theintrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and refinement.
  2. (anatomy, of a body part) Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside anorgan,tissue,muscle ormember.
  3. (programming, of afunction oroperator)Built-in.
    • 1997, Jeanne C. Adams, Walter S. Brainerd, Jeanne T. Martin, Brian T. Smith, Jerrold L. Wagener,Fortran 95 Handbook: Complete ISO/ANSI Reference, MIT Press,→ISBN,page192:
      In addition to the Fortran operators that areintrinsic (built in), there may be user-defined operators in expressions.

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inherent
situated or produced inside an organ

Noun

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intrinsic (pluralintrinsics)

  1. (computing, programming) A built-infunction that isimplemented directly by thecompiler, without any intermediatecall to alibrary.
    SIMDintrinics
    • 2021, Robert Robey, Yuliana Zamora,Parallel and High Performance Computing, Simon and Schuster,→ISBN,page190:
      Crappy loops, we got them: Use vectorintrinsics¶ For troublesome loops that just don't vectorize even with hints, vectorintrinsics are another option.
  2. (video games) Anability possessed by acharacter and not requiring any externalequipment.
    You can acquire the fire-resistanceintrinsic by eating dragon meat.

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