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Internal. [Obs.] Howell.

d; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth.

Designating, or pertaining to, any engine (called an Internal- combustion engine) in which the heat or pressure energy necessary to produce motion is developed in the engine cylinder, as by the explosion of a gas, and not in a separate chamber, as in a steam- engine boiler. The gas used may be a fixed gas, or one deriv…

The state of being internal or within; interiority.

Inwardly; within the enveloping surface, or the boundary of a thing; within the body; beneath the surface.

Between the nasal cavities; as, the internasal cartilage.

Of or concerning the association called the International. International code (Naut.), a common system of signaling adopted by nearly all maritime nations, whereby communication may be had between vessels at sea. -- International copyright. See under Copyright. -- International law, the rules regulating the mutual in…

The state or principles of international interests and intercourse.

One who is versed in the principles of international law.

To make international; to cause to affect the mutual relations of two or more nations; as, to internationalize a principle of law, or a philanthropic enterprise.

In an international manner; from an international point of view.

That which is within; the interior. [Poetic] Mrs. Browning.

Internecine.

Involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutually destructive. Internecine quarrels, horrible tumults, stain the streets with blood. Motley.

Mutual slaughter or destruction; massacre. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Internecine. [R.] Sydney Smith.

Intimate connection. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

An interneural spine or cartilage.

State of being within; interiority. [R.] H. Brooke.

Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.