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内生的 (ないせいてき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

内ない生せい的てき

Meanings

1

na-adjective

endogenous; autogenous

Technical term used in fields such as economics, biology, and medicine to describe something originating from within a system, organism, or process.

経けい済ざい学がくでは、内ない生せい的てき成せい長ちょう理り論ろんが注ちゅう目もくされている。
In economics, endogenous growth theory is attracting attention.
このモデルは内ない生せい的てきな変へん数すうを考こう慮りょに入いれている。
This model takes endogenous variables into account.

Kanji

内inside, within, between
生life, genuine, birth
的bull's eye, mark, target

Similar words

外がい生せい的てき
外生的 means 'exogenous', originating from outside the system, and is the direct antonym of 内生的.

Etymology

Compound of 内生 (ないせい, 'endogenous') + 的 (てき, adjectival suffix). The term is a direct adaptation of the English 'endogenous' into Sino-Japanese vocabulary.