Individual thing (4)
I believe the answer is:
unit
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">individual thing</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for unit that I've seen before include "Operational team" , "Individual thing as part of a whole" , "Individual item" , "Subdivision of a military group" , "Module" .)