Part 5769

<blockquote>The soul, as the prime <b>individuating</b> principle, and the said reserved portion of matter as an essential and radical part of the individuation, shall . . . make up and restore the same individual person. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Life is <b>individuated</b> into infinite numbers, that have their distinct sense and pleasure. <i>Dr. H. More.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Individuation</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`di*vid`u*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>individuation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of individuating or state of being individuated; individualization.</def>

<i>H. Spencer.</i>

<h1>Individuator</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`di*vid"u*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, individuates.</def>

<i>Sir K. Digby.</i>

<h1>Individuity</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`di*vi*du"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>individuitas</ets>.]</ety> <def>Separate existence; individuality; oneness.</def>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Indivinity</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`di*vin"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>divinity</ets>: cf. F. <ets>indivinit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Want or absence of divine power or of divinity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Indivisibility</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`di*vis`i*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>indivisibilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or property of being indivisible or inseparable; inseparability.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<h1>Indivisible</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`di*vis"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>indivisibilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>indivisible</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Divisible</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not divisible; incapable of being divided, separated, or broken; not separable into parts.</def> "One <i>indivisible</i> point of time."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Not capable of exact division, as one quantity by another; incommensurable.</def>

<h1>Indivisible</h1> <Xpage=754>

<hw>In`di*vis"i*ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is indivisible.</def>

<blockquote>By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect <b>indivisible</b>, but only the least sort of natural bodies. <i>Digby.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division.</def>

<cs><col>Method of indivisibles</col>, <cd>a kind of calculus, formerly in use, in which lines were considered as made up of an infinite number of points; surfaces, as made up of an infinite number of lines; and volumes, as made up of an infinite number of surfaces.</cd></cs>

<h1>Indivisibleness</h1> <Xpage=754>