intrinsic.
Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.
Meaning & usage
Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.
the intrinsic value of gold or silver
the intrinsic merit of an action
Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.
Built-in.
Where this word comes from
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”).
A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.
SIMD intrinics
An ability possessed by a character and not requiring any external equipment.
You can acquire the fire-resistance intrinsic by eating dragon meat.
Where this word comes from
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”).
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