internal

adjectives

happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface
"internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering"
internal
antonym
external
is similar to
inside or closer to the inside of the body
"the inner ear"
inner
is similar to
inside and toward a center
"interior regions of the earth"
interior
is similar to
(of conflict) within a group or organization
"an internecine feud among proxy holders"
internecine
is similar to
situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts
"intrinsic muscles"
intrinsic
see also
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
"he reached into his inside jacket pocket"; "inside out"; "an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter"
inside
is an attribute of
the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
"the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"
position, spatial relation
occurring within an institution or community
"intragroup squabbling within the corporation"
internal, intragroup
inside the country
"the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"
home, interior, internal, national
located inward
"Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.
inner, interior, internal
innermost or essential
"the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter"
inner, internal, intimate