INDIVIDUAL


Meaning of INDIVIDUAL in English

n.

Function: noun

Date: 1605

1 a : a particular being or thing as distinguished from a class, species, or collection: as (1) : a single human being as contrasted with a social group or institution <a teacher who works with individual s > (2) : a single organism as distinguished from a group b : a particular person <are you the individual I spoke with on the telephone?>

2 : an indivisible entity

3 : the reference of a name or variable of the lowest logical type in a calculus

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.