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Individual \In`di*vid"u*al\ (?; 135), a. [L. individuus
indivisible; pref. in- not dividuus divisible, fr. dividere
to divide: cf. F. individuel. See {Divide}.]
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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.
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Mind has a being of its own, distinct from that of
all other things, and is pure, unmingled, individual
substance. --A. Tucker.
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United as one individual soul. --Milton.
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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.
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Individual \In`di*vid"u*al\, 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.
--Cowper.
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An object which is in the strict and primary sense
one, and can not be logically divided, is called an
individual. --Whately.
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That individuals die, his will ordains. --Dryden.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a
compound animal.
(b) The product of a single egg, whether it remains a
single animal or becomes compound by budding or
fission.
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