Intrinsic vs X - What's the difference?
intrinsic | x |
Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.
* I. Taylor
Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.
A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.
An ability possessed by a character and not requiring any external equipment.
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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As an adjective intrinsic
is innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.As a noun intrinsic
is a built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.intrinsic
English
(Intrinsic and extrinsic properties)Alternative forms
* intrinsick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
Antonyms
* extrinsicDerived terms
* * * * *Noun
(en noun)- You can acquire the fire-resistance intrinsic by eating dragon meat.