n A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point. (defdate|from 15th c.)
n (obsolete) A person's own individual case. (defdate|16th-19th c.)
n (context|now|_|philosophy|chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to (term|generals), (term|universals).) (defdate|from 17th c.)