A man went to the Police Station wishing to speak with the burglar who had broken into his house the night before.
"You"ll get your chance in court," said the sergeant.
"No, no no!" said the man. "I want to know how he got into the house without waking my wife. I"ve been trying to do that for years!"
calculus n. Mathematics concerned with finding integrals, their properties and application, etc.
- —adj. Also 1 a of or necessary to a whole. B forming a whole. C complete.
- of or denoted by an integer. —n. Math. Quantity of which a given function is the derivative. integrally adv. [latin: related to *integer]
INTENDED
—adj. Done on purpose. —n. Colloq. One's fiance or fiancee.
INTERACT
v. Act on each other. interaction n.
INTERCOM
n. Colloq. - system of intercommunication by radio or telephone.
- instrument used in this. [abbreviation]
INTEREST
—n. - a concern; curiosity (have no interest in fishing). B quality exciting curiosity etc. (this book lacks interest).
- subject, hobby, etc., in which one is concerned.
- advantage or profit (it is in my interest to go).
- money paid for the use of money lent.
- a thing in which one has a stake or concern (business interests). B financial stake (in an undertaking etc.). C legal concern, title, or right (in property).
- a party or group with a common interest (the brewing interest). B principle or cause with which this is concerned. —v. - excite the curiosity or attention of.
- (usu. Foll. By in) cause (a person) to take a personal interest.
- (as interested adj.) Having a private interest; not impartial or disinterested. [latin, = it matters]
INTERIOR
decoration n. Decoration of the interior of a building etc. interior decorator n.
- design n. Design of the interior of a building. interior designer n.
- —adj. - inner.
- inland.
- internal; domestic.
- (usu. Foll. By to) situated further in or within.
- existing in the mind.
- coming from inside. —n. - interior part; inside.
- interior part of a region.
- home affairs of a country (minister of the interior).
- representation of the inside of a room etc. [latin]
INTERMIX
v. Mix together.
INTERNAL
adj. - of or situated in the inside or invisible part.
- of the inside of the body (internal injuries).
- of a nation's domestic affairs.
- (of a student) attending a university etc. As well as taking its examinations.
- used or applying within an organization.
- a intrinsic. B of the mind or soul. internality n. Internally adv. [medieval latin internus internal]
- evidence n. Evidence derived from the contents of the thing discussed.
INTERNEE
n. Person interned.
INTERPOL
n. International criminal police organization. [abbreviation]
