different between elementary vs intrinsic

English

Alternative forms

• elementar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin element?rius (“elementary”), from elementum (“one of the four elements of antiquity; fundamentals”) + -?rius (adjective-forming suffix). Cognate with French élémentaire.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /(?)?l???m?nt(?)??/
• (General American) enPR: ?l'?-m?n?t?-r?, -tr?, IPA^(key): /??l???m?nt(?)?i/
• Rhymes: -?nt??i, -?nt?i
• Hyphenation: el?e?men?ta?ry

Adjective

elementary (comparative more elementary, superlative most elementary)

1. Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.
2. Relating to an elementary school.
3. (physics) Relating to a subatomic particle.
4. (archaic) Sublunary; not celestial; belonging to the sublunary sphere, to which the four classical elements (earth, air, fire and water) were confined; composed of or pertaining to these four elements.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

elementary (plural elementaries)

1. An elementary school
2. (mythology, mysticism) A supernatural being which is associated with the elements.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “elementary”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

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