individual medley

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noun Swimming.

a race in which the total distance is either divided into three equal portions, in which each swimmer uses the backstroke for the first portion, the breaststroke for the second portion, and the freestyle for the third, or the total distance is divided into four equal portions, in which each swimmer uses the butterfly stroke for the first portion and then the other strokes used follow the same pattern as in the three-part medley.Compare medley relay (def. 2).

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Origin of individual medley

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby individual medley

individualistic, individuality, individualize, individual liberty, individually, individual medley, individual psychology, individual retirement account, individuate, individuation, individuation field

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Neither individual would go on the record due to the sensitivity of discussing personnel matters.
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Individual samples may be slightly alkaline, especially after a full meal.
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The individual prisms are usually slender, with one beveled, wedge-like end, but are sometimes needle-like.
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They wage war as a tribe on account of wrongs done to a private individual.
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