Definition of Individual

In`di`vid´u`al
a.1.
1.Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.
United as one individual soul.
- Milton.
2.Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of character; individual exertions; individual peculiarities.
n.1.A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person.
2.(Zool.) An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal.


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