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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Interior \In*te"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. fr. inter between: cf.
     F. int['e]rieur. See Inter-, and cf. Intimate.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside;
        internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or
        superficial; as, the interior apartments of a house; the
        interior surface of a hollow ball.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland; as,
        the interior parts of a region or country.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Interior angle (Geom.), an angle formed between two sides,
        within any rectilinear figure, as a polygon, or between
        two parallel lines by these lines and another intersecting
        them; -- called also internal angle.
  
     Interior planets (Astron.), those planets within the orbit
        of the earth.
  
     Interior screw, a screw cut on an interior surface, as in a
        nut; a female screw.
  
     Syn: Internal; inside; inner; inland; inward.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Internal \In*tern"al\, a. [L. internus; akin to interior. See
     Interior.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface;
        inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the internal parts
        of a body, or of the earth.
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     2. Derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent;
        as, the internal evidence of the divine origin of the
        Scriptures.
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     3. Pertaining to its own affairs or interests; especially,
        (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to foreign; as,
        internal trade; internal troubles or war.
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     4. Pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual.
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              With our Savior, internal purity is everything.
                                                    --Paley.
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     5. Intrinsic; inherent; real. [R.]
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              The internal rectitude of our actions in the sight
              of God.                               --Rogers.
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     6. (Anat.) Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Internal angle (Geom.), an interior angle. See under
        Interior.
  
     Internal gear (Mach.), a gear in which the teeth project
        inward from the rim instead of outward.
  
     Syn: Inner; interior; inward; inland; inside.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Interior \In*te"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. fr. inter between: cf.
     F. int['e]rieur. See Inter-, and cf. Intimate.]
     1. Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside;
        internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or
        superficial; as, the interior apartments of a house; the
        interior surface of a hollow ball.
  
     2. Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland; as,
        the interior parts of a region or country.
  
     Interior angle (Geom.), an angle formed between two sides,
        within any rectilinear figure, as a polygon, or between
        two parallel lines by these lines and another intersecting
        them; -- called also internal angle.
  
     Interior planets (Astron.), those planets within the orbit
        of the earth.
  
     Interior screw, a screw cut on an interior surface, as in a
        nut; a female screw.
  
     Syn: Internal; inside; inner; inland; inward.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  
  
     6. (Anat.) Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial.
  
     Internal angle (Geom.), an interior angle. See under
        Interior.
  
     Internal gear (Mach.), a gear in which the teeth project
        inward from the rim instead of outward.
  
     Syn: Inner; interior; inward; inland; inside.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  internal angle
       n : the angle inside two adjacent sides of a polygon [syn: interior
           angle]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  internal angle
     n.
     (syn of en interior angle)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  internal angle
     n.
     (syn of en interior angle)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  internal angle
     n.
     (syn of en interior angle)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  internal angle
     n.
     (syn of en interior angle)

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