Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An undividable entity; one thing, inseparable into parts; the indivisible; formerly, an atom.
  • noun One individual person or thing out of many of the same kind.

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  • noun An indivisible entity.
  • noun A single individual person or thing.

Etymologies

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From Latin indīviduum, noun use of neuter singular of indīviduus ("indivisible").

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Examples

  • Nay, then the sense shall be no other than this, _quo ad individuum, etiam quo ad individuum_.

    The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630

  • Europe -- the individuum is the ultimate aim of education.

    The New Ideal in Education Nikolai Velimirovi�� 1918

  • Whereas in Shakspeare, the play is 'syngenesia;' each character has, indeed, a life of its own, and is an 'individuum' of itself, but yet an organ of the whole, as the heart in the human body.

    Literary Remains, Volume 1 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803

  • I can see the team at individuum doing something similar...one day!

    The Great Office War on Vimeo 2010

  • Szyller, Slawomir (ed.): 1987, “Johannis Buridani, Tractatus de differentia universalis ad individuum,” Przeglad Tomistyczny 3, 137-178.

    John Buridan Zupko, Jack 2006

  • It is, however, my hope that the individuum will remain the center because the creative act remains very personal despite the increasing need for collaborative efforts.

    Klaus von Klitzing - Banquet Speech 1986

  • A human individuum is of limitless worth, said the German interpreters of the

    The New Ideal in Education Nikolai Velimirovi�� 1918

  • Art, in all its branches, presented itself as the sole expression of one individuum, i.e., of the artist.

    The New Ideal in Education Nikolai Velimirovi�� 1918

  • Well, if one striking individuum is the aim of history, history should close with the death of Adam.

    The New Ideal in Education Nikolai Velimirovi�� 1918

  • It would seem that Babai means that "a man" (individuum vagum) is the hypostasis, but not the person, until we add the individual characteristics by which he is known to be Peter or Paul.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

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