different between basal vs intrinsic

English

Etymology

From base +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [?be?s??]
• (US, also) IPA^(key): [?be?z??]
• Rhymes: -e?s?l, -e?z?l

Adjective

basal (comparative more basal, superlative most basal)

1. Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.

2. (anatomy) Associated with the base of an organism or structure.

3. (medicine) Of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism.

4. (chiefly systematics) In a phylogenetic tree, being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier. The earliest clade to branch in a larger clade.

Synonyms

• basilar

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

basal (plural basals)

1. base, bottom, minimum
2. (anatomy) Any basal structure or part

Anagrams

• Ba'als, Baals, Ba?als, LABAs, albas, baals, balas, balsa, blaas, laabs, sabal

French

Adjective

basal (feminine singular basale, masculine plural basaux, feminine plural basales)

1. basal

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

basal (comparative basaler, superlative am basalsten)

1. basal

Declension

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (ba?al).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba.sal/

Noun

basal m (collective, singulative basla, paucal basliet)

1. onion (as a mass or species); several onions

2. bulbs

Derived terms

Maranao

Verb

basal

1. to beat, to knock

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?sal/, [ba?sal]
• Hyphenation: ba?sal

Adjective

basal (plural basales)

1. basal

Derived terms

Related terms

• base

Further reading

• “basal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• intrinsick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French intrinsèque, from Latin intr?nsecus (“on the inside, inwardly”), from *intrim, an assumed adverbial form of inter (“within”) + secus (“by, on the side”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n.?t??n.z?k/

Adjective

intrinsic (comparative more intrinsic, superlative most intrinsic)

1. Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.

   Synonyms: essential, inherent, innate, proper to

   Antonym: extrinsic

   • 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening

2. (anatomy, of a body part) Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.

Synonyms

• (innate): See also Thesaurus:intrinsic or Thesaurus:innate

Derived terms

Related terms

• intrinsicality
• intrinsically

Translations

Noun

intrinsic (plural intrinsics)

1. (computing, programming) A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.
2. (video games) An ability possessed by a character and not requiring any external equipment.

Further reading

• intrinsic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• intrinsic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Intrinsic and extrinsic properties on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• citrinins