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Interior \In*te"ri*or\, n.
1. That which is within; the internal or inner part of a
thing; the inside.
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2. The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom.
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{Department of the Interior}, that department of the
government of the United States which has charge of
pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians,
education, etc.; that department of the government of a
country which is specially charged with the internal
affairs of that country; the home department.

{Secretary of the Interior}, the cabinet officer who, in the
United States, is at the head of the Department of the
Interior.
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Interior \In*te"ri*or\, a. [L., compar. fr. inter between: cf.
F. int['e]rieur. See {Inter-}, and cf. {Intimate}.]
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1. Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside;
internal; inner; -- opposed to {exterior}, or
{superficial}; as, the interior apartments of a house; the
interior surface of a hollow ball.
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2. Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland; as,
the interior parts of a region or country.
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{Interior angle} (Geom.), an angle formed between two sides,
within any rectilinear figure, as a polygon, or between
two parallel lines by these lines and another intersecting
them; -- called also {internal angle}.

{Interior planets} (Astron.), those planets within the orbit
of the earth.

{Interior screw}, a screw cut on an interior surface, as in a
nut; a female screw.

Syn: Internal; inside; inner; inland; inward.
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