built-in meaning

• Adjective: built-in  bilt in
  1. Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
     "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"
     - constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integral

  See also: intrinsic, intrinsical

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  [Architecture]
  

  Built as an integral part of a larger construction, as furniture which is especially fitted in a building.

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  [Business]
  less frequent) adjective [only before noun]

  included as part of sth and not separate from it:

  a mobile phone with a tiny built-in camera

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  [Computer]
  (Or "primitive") A built-in function or operator is one provided by the lowest level of a language implementation. This usually means it is not possible (or efficient) to express it in the language itself. Typical examples are the basic arithmetic and Boolean operators (in C syntax: +, -, *, /, %, !, &&, ||), bit manipulation operators (~, &, |, ^) and I/O primitives. Other common functions may be provided in libraries but are not built-in if they are written in the language being implemented.

• There were built-in cabinets in the kitchen.
• Thus, there is a built-in tendency towards the accumulation of sand/mud laminae.
• Time is a "visualizable" concept, a built-in part of every man's view of the world.
• There is a built-in mechanism that permits the population to respond to crowding or food shortage early enough.
• However, a low fatigue strength detail or a large built-in defect may produce only a single significant crack.
• The apparent connection between built-in obsolescence and changes in art-styles has struck several commentators.
• This recent instrument includes a built-in fabry-perot interometer calibration unit with an automatic daily recording of a calibration signal.

• "built-in" meaning in Chinese: adj. 1.(家具等)作为固定装置而建造的；固定的，不可分开的；嵌入的。2.内在的；固有的。 短语和例子 a ...
• "built-in" meaning in Japanese: built-inビルトイン
• "built-in" meaning in Russian: 1) встроенный Ex: built-in cupboards стенные (встроенные) ...
• "built-in" meaning in French: inséré, incorporé, partie intégrale d'une structure; inhér...