particular
particular [pər-tĭkʹyə-lər, pə-tĭkʹ-] adjective
Abbr. part.
1. Of, belonging to, or associated with a specific person, group, thing, or category; not general or universal: She has a particular preference for Chinese art.
2. Separate and distinct from others of the same group, category, or nature: We will make an exception in this particular case.
3. Worthy of note; exceptional: a piano performance of particular depth and fluidity.
4. a. Of, relating to, or providing details: gave a particular description of the room. b. Attentive to or concerned with details or niceties, often excessively so; meticulous or fussy. See synonyms at detailed.
5. Logic. Encompassing some but not all of the members of a class or group. Used of a proposition.
noun
1. An individual item, fact, or detail: correct in every particular. See synonyms at item.
2. Often particulars An item or a detail of information or news: The police refused to divulge the particulars of the case.
3. Often particulars A separate case or an individual thing or instance, especially one that can be distinguished from a larger category or class: "What particulars were ambushed behind these generalizations?" [Aldous Huxley].
4. Logic. A particular proposition.
idiom.
in particular
Particularly; especially.
[Middle English particuler, from Old French, from Late Latin particulāris, from Latin particula, diminutive of pars, part-, part. See part.]