Individual
1Individual — In di*vid u*al (?; 135), a. [L. individuus indivisible; pref. in not + dividuus divisible, fr. dividere to divide: cf. F. individuel. See {Divide}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or …
2Individual — 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. [1913 Webster] An object which is in the strict… …
3individual — individual. См. индивидуум. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …
4Individual — As commonly used, individual refers to a person or to any specific object in a collection. In the 15th century and earlier, and also today within the fields of statistics and metaphysics, individual means indivisible , typically describing any… …
5individual — /in deuh vij ooh euhl/, n. 1. a single human being, as distinguished from a group. 2. a person: a strange individual. 3. a distinct, indivisible entity; a single thing, being, instance, or item. 4. a group considered as a unit. 5. Biol. a. a… …
6individual — I. adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin individualis, from Latin individuus indivisible, from in + dividuus divided, from dividere to divide Date: 15th century 1. obsolete inseparable 2. a. of, relating to, or distinctively associated with an… …
7individual — 1. noun /ˌɪndɪˈvɪʤuəl/ a) A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people. He is an unusual individual. b) An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class. 2 …
8Individual, Individuality — • An individual being is defined by St. Thomas as quod est in se indivisum, ab aliis vero divisum (a being undivided in itself but separated from other beings) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Individual, Individuality …
9Individual psychology — is a term used specifically to refer to the psychological method or science founded by the Viennese psychologist Alfred Adler. The English edition of Adler s work on the subject (1925) is a collection of papers and lectures given mainly in 1912… …
10Individual capital — Individual capital, also known as human capital, comprises inalienable or personal traits of persons, tied to their bodies and available only through their own free will, such as skill, creativity, enterprise, courage, capacity for moral example …
