Interindividual


[in-duh-vij-oo-uh l] /ˌɪn dəˈvɪdʒ u əl/

noun
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.
Biology.

6.
Cards. a duplicate-bridge tournament in which each player plays the same number of hands in partnership with every other player, individual scores for each player being kept for each hand.
adjective
7.
single; particular; separate:
to number individual copies of a limited edition.
8.
intended for the use of one person only:
to serve individual portions of a pizza.
9.
of, relating to, or characteristic of a particular person or thing:
individual tastes.
10.
distinguished by special, singular, or markedly personal characteristics; exhibiting unique or unusual qualities:
a highly individual style of painting.
11.
existing as a distinct, indivisible entity, or considered as such; discrete:
individual parts of a tea set.
12.
of which each is different or of a different design from the others:
a set of individual coffee cups.
/ˌɪndɪˈvɪdjʊəl/
adjective
1.
of, relating to, characteristic of, or meant for a single person or thing
2.
separate or distinct, esp from others of its kind; particular: please mark the individual pages
3.
characterized by unusual and striking qualities; distinctive
4.
(obsolete) indivisible; inseparable
noun
5.
a single person, esp when regarded as distinct from others
6.
(biology)

7.
(logic)

adj.

early 15c., “one and indivisible” (with reference to the Trinity), from Medieval Latin individualis, from Latin individuus “indivisible,” from in- “not, opposite of” (see in- (1)) + dividuus “divisible,” from dividere “divide” (see divide). Not common before c.1600 and the 15c. usage might be isolated. Sense of “single, separate” is 1610s; meaning “intended for one person” is from 1889.
n.

“single object or thing,” c.1600, from individual (adj.). Colloquial sense of “person” is attested from 1742. Latin individuum meant “an atom, indivisible particle;” in Middle English individuum was used in sense of “individual member of a species” from early 15c.

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