Main Entry:

²individual

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 individuals> (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 entity3: the reference of a name or variable of the lowest logical type in a calculus