internal

Meaning

Adjective

• Of or situated on the inside.
• Experienced in one's mind; inner rather than expressed.
• Of the inner nature of a thing.
• Attending a university as well as taking its examinations.

Related

Similar words

• inner
• inly
• interior
• intern, interne

Opposite words

• external
• exterior

Origin

• From Middle English internall, internalle, borrowing from New Latin internālis ("of or pertaining to the inner part"), from internus + -ālis; equivalent to intern + -al.