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comparative more intrinsic, superlative most intrinsic
Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential. quotations examples
He was better qualified than they to estimate justly the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and refinement.
1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball
(anatomy, of a body part) Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member. examples
(programming, of a function or operator) Built-in. quotations examples
In addition to the Fortran operators that are intrinsic (built in), there may be user-defined operators in expressions.
1997, Jeanne C. Adams, Walter S. Brainerd, Jeanne T. Martin, Brian T. Smith, Jerrold L. Wagener, Fortran 95 Handbook: Complete ISO/ANSI Reference, MIT Press, page 192
plural intrinsics
(computing, programming) A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library. quotations examples
Crappy loops, we got them: Use vector intrinsics¶ For troublesome loops that just don't vectorize even with hints, vector intrinsics are another option.
2021, Robert Robey, Yuliana Zamora, Parallel and High Performance Computing, Simon and Schuster, page 190
(video games) An ability possessed by a character and not requiring any external equipment. examples