Noun
1. a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list;
"he noticed an item in the New York Times""she had several items on her shopping list""the main point on the agenda was taken up first"2. a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection;
"they reduced the price on many items"3. a small part that can be considered separately from the whole;
"it was perfect in all details"4. an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole;
"several of the details are similar""a point of information"5. an individual instance of a type of symbol;
"the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'"