internal : Idioms & Phrases


collector of internal revenue

  • noun someone who collects taxes for the government
    exciseman; tax collector; taxman; collector of internal revenue.
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female internal reproductive organ

  • noun the reproductive organs of a woman
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four-stroke internal-combustion engine

  • noun an internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke; work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke
    four-stroke engine.
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Internal angle

  • noun the angle inside two adjacent sides of a polygon
    interior angle.
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  • (Geom.), an interior angle. See under Interior.
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internal auditor

  • noun an auditor who is an employee of the company whose records are audited and who provides information to the management and board of directors
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internal auditory artery

  • noun an artery that is a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth
    artery of the labyrinth; labyrinthine artery.
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internal auditory vein

  • noun veins that drain the inner ear
    labyrinthine vein.
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internal carotid artery

  • noun the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the brain and eyes and internal parts of the head
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internal cerebral vein

  • noun two paired veins passing caudally near the midline and uniting to form the great cerebral vein
    vena cerebrum internus.
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internal combustion

  • noun the combustion of fuel inside a cylinder (as in an internal-combustion engine)
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internal control

  • noun an accounting procedure or system designed to promote efficiency or assure the implementation of a policy or safeguard assets or avoid fraud and error etc.
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internal drive

  • noun a drive mounted inside of a computer
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internal ear

  • noun a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium
    inner ear; labyrinth.
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Internal gear

  • (Mach.), a gear in which the teeth project inward from the rim instead of outward.
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internal iliac artery

  • noun the inner branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body; divides into several branches that supply blood to the pelvic and gluteal areas
    hypogastric artery.
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internal iliac vein

  • noun a vein that unites with the external iliac vein to form the common iliac vein
    hypogastric vein.
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internal jugular vein

  • noun a continuation of the sigmoid sinus of the dura mater; joins the subclavian vein to form the brachiocephalic vein
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internal maxillary artery

  • noun the maxillary artery that supplies deep structure of the face and some of the meninges
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internal medicine

  • noun the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and (nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs (especially in adults)
    general medicine.
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internal organ

  • noun a main organ that is situated inside the body
    viscus.
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internal representation

  • noun a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
    mental representation; representation.
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internal respiration

  • noun the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs
    respiration; cellular respiration.
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internal revenue

  • noun government revenue from domestic sources (excluding customs)
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internal revenue agent

  • noun someone who collects taxes for the government
    exciseman; tax collector; taxman; collector of internal revenue.
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internal revenue service

  • noun the bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections
    IRS.
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internal rhyme

  • noun a rhyme between words in the same line
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internal secretion

  • noun the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
    endocrine; hormone.
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internal spermatic artery

  • noun a branch of the aorta supplying the testicles
    arteria testicularis; testicular artery.
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internal-combustion engine

  • noun a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine
    ICE.
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male internal reproductive organ

  • noun the reproductive organs of a man
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The inner, ∨ internal, sense

  • capacity of the mind to be aware of its own states; consciousness; reflection. "This source of ideas every man has wholly in himself, and though it be not sense, as having nothing to do with external objects, yet it is very like it, and might properly enough be called internal sense." Locke.
Webster 1913