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adv. By dividing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dualis, fr. duo two. See Two. ] Expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two; as, the dual number of nouns, etc. , in Greek. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here you have one half of our dual truth. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp, saturated with nitroglycerin and other similar nitro compounds. It is inferior to dynamite, and is more liable to explosion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dualisme. ] State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction; as: (a) (Philos.) A view of man as constituted of two original and independent elements, as matter and spirit. (Theol.) (b) A system which accepts two gods, or two original principles, one good and the other evil. (c) The doctrine that all mankind are divided by the arbitrary decree of God, and in his eternal foreknowledge, into two classes, the elect and the reprobate. (d) (Physiol.) The theory that each cerebral hemisphere acts independently of the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

An inevitable dualism bisects nature, so that each thing is a half, and suggests another thing to make it whole. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dualiste. ] 1. One who believes in dualism; a ditheist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who administers two offices. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of two; pertaining to dualism or duality. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dualistic system or
Dualistic theory (Chem.), an old theory, originated by Lavoisier and developed by Berzelius, that all definite compounds are binary in their nature, and consist of two distinct constituents, themselves simple or complex, and possessed of opposite chemical or electrical affinities; -- superseded by later developments in chemical bonding theory, especially quantum mechanics. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ L. dualitas: cf. F. dualité. ] The quality or condition of being two or twofold; dual character or usage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf; F. graduel. See Grade, and cf. Gradual, n. ] Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline. [ 1913 Webster ]

Creatures animate with gradual life
Of growth, sense, reason, all summed up in man. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. graduale a gradual (in sense 1), fr. L. gradus step: cf. F. graduel. See Grade, and cf. Grail a gradual. ] 1. (R. C. Ch.) (a) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps. (b) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A series of steps. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being gradual; gradualness. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a gradual manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In degree. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Human reason doth not only gradually, but specifically, differ from the fantastic reason of brutes. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gradualness of this movement. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gradualness of growth is a characteristic which strikes the simplest observer. H. Drummond. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mind has a being of its own, distinct from that of all other things, and is pure, unmingled, individual substance. A. Tucker. [ 1913 Webster ]

United as one individual soul. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of character; individual exertions; individual peculiarities. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 and primary sense one, and can not be logically divided, is called an individual. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

That individuals die, his will ordains. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal. (b) The product of a single egg, whether it remains a single animal or becomes compound by budding or fission. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Same as individualize. [ chiefly Brit. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. individualisme. ] [ 1913 Webster ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The quality of being individual; individuality; personality. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An excessive or exclusive regard to one's personal interest; self-interest; selfishness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The selfishness of the small proprietor has been described by the best writers as individualism. Ed. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The principle, policy, or practice of maintaining individuality, or independence of the individual, in action; the theory or practice of maintaining the independence of individual initiative, action, and interests, as in industrial organization or in government. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a person who pursues independent thought or action. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to the individual or individualism. London Athenæum. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. exhibiting marked individuality{ 3 } in thought and action; as, an individualistic way of dressing.
Syn. -- individualist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Individualities [ Cf. F. individualité. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

They possess separate individualities. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits; distinctive character; as, he is a person of marked individuality. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A habit of thinking and acting in one's own distinctive manner and as one believes appropriate, not being heavily influenced by the opinions of others; -- of people. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. individualization. ] The act of individualizing; the state of being individualized; individuation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Individualized p. pr. & vb. n. Individualizing ] [ Cf. F. individualiser. ] To mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by peculiar properties; to invest with individuality; to give distinctive character to; to make distinctive; to enable differentiation from others of similar type; -- of properties of things. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The peculiarities which individualize and distinguish the humor of Addison. N. Drake. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to render (a product or service) suitable to each individual person by varying to some degree its characteristics; to personalize.
Syn. -- personalize, individualize, make personal, make more personal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. To consider individually; to mention each individual. [ PJC ]

n. One who individualizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In an individual manner or relation; as individuals; separately; each by itself; as, every person must apply individually for admission. “Individually or collectively.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

How should that subsist solitarily by itself which hath no substance, but individually the very same whereby others subsist with it? Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In an inseparable manner; inseparably; incommunicably; indivisibly; as, individually the same. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Omniscience ], an attribute individually proper to the Godhead. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Residue. ] Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. [ 1913 Webster ]

Residual air (Physiol.), that portion of air contained in the lungs which can not be expelled even by the most violent expiratory effort. It amounts to from 75 to 100 cubic inches. Cf. Supplemental air, under Supplemental. --
Residual error. (Mensuration) See Error, 6 (b). --
Residual figure (Geom.), the figure which remains after a less figure has been taken from a greater one. --
Residual magnetism (Physics), remanent magnetism. See under Remanent. --
Residual product, a by product, as cotton waste from a cotton mill, coke and coal tar from gas works, etc. --
Residual quantity (Alg.), a binomial quantity the two parts of which are connected by the negative sign, as a-b. --
Residual root (Alg.), the root of a residual quantity, as √(a-b). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Math.) (a) The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula. (b) The difference between the mean of several observations and any one of them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of subduing. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A division of that which is individual. [ 1913 Webster ]

An individual can not branch itself into subindividuals. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Indivisible. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

True courage and courtesy are undividual companions. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vidualis, fr. vidua a widow, fr. viduus widowed. See Widow. ] Of or pertaining to the state of a widow; widowed. [ R. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]