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INTERIOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849
Synonyms:
Department of the Interior; DoI; Interior; Interior Department
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Interior" is a kind of...):
executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Interior"):
FWS; United States Fish and Wildlife Service; US Fish and Wildlife Service (an agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife and their habitats; assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution)
National Park Service (an agency of the Interior Department responsible for the national parks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The inner or enclosed surface of something
Synonyms:
inside; interior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("interior" is a kind of...):
surface (the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interior"):
belly (the hollow inside of something)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The region that is inside of something
Synonyms:
inside; interior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("interior" is a kind of...):
part; region (the extended spatial location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interior"):
midland (the interior part of a country)
midst; thick (the location of something surrounded by other things)
penetralium (the innermost parts)
Derivation:
interiorize (incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or coming from the middle of a region or country
Example:
upcountry districts
Synonyms:
interior; midland; upcountry
Classified under:
Similar:
inland (situated away from an area's coast or border)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Inside and toward a center
Example:
interior regions of the earth
Classified under:
Similar:
internal (happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Located inward
Example:
an internal sense of rightousness
Synonyms:
inner; interior; internal
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
inward (relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Situated within or suitable for inside a building
Example:
an interior bathroom without windows
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
indoor (within doors)
inside (being or applying to the inside of a building)
Also:
indoor (located, suited for, or taking place within a building)
Attribute:
position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)
Antonym:
exterior (situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Inside the country
Example:
the nation's internal politics
Synonyms:
home; interior; internal; national
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
domestic (of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation)
Context examples:
Cytoplasmic Protein Genes encode Cytoplasmic Proteins that are typically localized in the cell interior, generally excluding the plasma membrane, mitochondria, and the nucleus.
(Cytoplasmic Protein Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Protein within the interior of the cell; excludes membrane, mitochondrial, and nuclear proteins.
(Cytoplasmic Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
If there is less convection, the lithium does not circulate into the interior of the star as much, allowing more lithium to survive.
(NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory Finds Planet That Makes Star Act Deceptively Old, NASA)
This gene is involved in the mediation of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate delivery to the cellular interior.
(FOLR1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
A class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of peptide bonds in the interior of a polypeptide chain or protein molecule.
(Endopeptidase, NCI Thesaurus)
He looked about more unconcernedly, sharply observant, every detail of the pretty interior registering itself on his brain.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Either possiblity for the interior of Mimas would be interesting, according to Tajeddine, as the moon's heavily cratered outward appearance does not suggest anything unusual lies beneath its surface.
(Saturn Moon May Hide a 'Fossil' Core or an Ocean, NASA)
The supporting and anchoring strand of connective tissue radiating out from the capsule through the interior of the lymph node.
(Lymph Node Trabecula, NCI Thesaurus)
Cell surface proteins are involved in both interaction and adhesion with other cells and in transducing signals into the cellular interior.
(Monocyte Phagocytosis and Adhesion Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
It appears to extend throughout the nuclear interior from the nucleolus to the nuclear pore complexes along the nuclear periphery.
(Nuclear Matrix, NCI Thesaurus)
