intrinsic : Idioms & Phrases


Intrinsic energy of a body

  • (Physics), the work it can do in virtue of its actual condition, without any supply of energy from without.
Webster 1913

Intrinsic equation of a curve

  • (Geom.), the equation which expresses the relation which the length of a curve, measured from a given point of it, to a movable point, has to the angle which the tangent to the curve at the movable point makes with a fixed line.
Webster 1913

intrinsic factor

  • noun a substance produced by the mucosa of the stomach and intestines that is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12
    • lack of intrinsic factor can result in pernicious anemia
WordNet

intrinsic fraud

  • noun fraud (as by use of forged documents or false claims or perjury) that misleads a court or jury and induces a finding for the one perpetrating the fraud
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Intrinsic value

  • . See the Note under Value, n.
Webster 1913