internal
♦ in|ter|nal /ɪnt'ɜːrnəl/
1 [ADJ] ADJ n
Internal is used to describe things that exist or happen inside a country or organization.
The country stepped up internal security...
We now have a Europe without internal borders...
● internally [ADV]
The state is not a unified and internally coherent entity.
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
Internal is used to describe things that exist or happen inside a particular person, object, or place.
...massive internal bleeding...
Some of the internal walls of my house are made of plasterboard.
● internally [ADV] usu ADV with v, also ADV with cl, ADV adj
Evening primrose oil is used on the skin as well as taken internally...in|ter|nal com|bus|tion en|gine (internal combustion engines)
[N-COUNT]
An internal combustion engine is an engine that creates its energy by burning fuel inside itself. Most cars have internal combustion engines.
1 [ADJ] ADJ n
Internal is used to describe things that exist or happen inside a country or organization.
The country stepped up internal security...
We now have a Europe without internal borders...
● internally [ADV]
The state is not a unified and internally coherent entity.
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
Internal is used to describe things that exist or happen inside a particular person, object, or place.
...massive internal bleeding...
Some of the internal walls of my house are made of plasterboard.
● internally [ADV] usu ADV with v, also ADV with cl, ADV adj
Evening primrose oil is used on the skin as well as taken internally...in|ter|nal com|bus|tion en|gine (internal combustion engines)
[N-COUNT]
An internal combustion engine is an engine that creates its energy by burning fuel inside itself. Most cars have internal combustion engines.