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* (abbreviation): sg.
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SINGULAR (_comparative_ MORE SINGULAR, _superlative_ MOST SINGULAR)
* Being only one of a larger population.
_A SINGULAR experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon._
* Being the only one of the kind; unique.
_She has a SINGULAR personality._
* Addison
These busts of the emperors and empresses are all very scarce, and some of them almost SINGULAR in their kind.
* Chaucer
And God forbid that all a company / Should rue a SINGULAR man's folly.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
* Distinguished by superiority; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional.
_a man of SINGULAR gravity or attainments_
* Out of the ordinary; curious.
_It was very SINGULAR; I don't know why he did it._
* Denham
So SINGULAR a sadness / Must have a cause as strange as the effect.
* Milton
His zeal / None seconded, as out of season judged, / Or SINGULAR and rash.
* (grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.
* (linear algebra, of matrix) Having no inverse.
* (linear algebra, of transformation) Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.
* (set theory, of a cardinal number) Not equal to its own cofinality.
* (law) Each; individual.
_to convey several parcels of land, all and SINGULAR_
* (obsolete) Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
* Holinshed
to try the matter thus together in a SINGULAR combat
SYNONYMS
* (being only one): individual
* (being the only one of a kind): unique
* (distinguished by superiority): exceptional, extraordinary, remarkable
* (being out of the ordinary): curious, eccentric, funny, odd, peculiar, strange, rum, rummy, unusual
* (linear algebra: of matrix: having no inverse): non-invertible
ANTONYMS
* (grammar: referring to only one thing): plural
* (linear algebra: of matrix: having no inverse): invertible, non-singular
DERIVED TERMS
* singularity
* singularize
TRANSLATIONS
singular (comparative more singular, superlative most singular)
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Being only one of a larger population.
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A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.
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Being the only one of the kind; unique.
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She has a singular personality.
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(Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
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Distinguished by superiority; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional.
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a man of singular gravity
or attainments
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Out of the ordinary; curious.
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It was very singular; I don't know why he did it.
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(grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.
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(linear algebra, of matrix) Having no inverse.
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(linear algebra, of transformation) Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.
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(set theory, of a cardinal number) Not equal to its own cofinality.
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(law) Each; individual.
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to convey several parcels of land, all and singular
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(obsolete) Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
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(being only one): individual
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(being the only one of a kind): unique
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(distinguished by superiority): exceptional, extraordinary, remarkable
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(being out of the ordinary): curious, eccentric, funny, odd, peculiar, strange, rum, rummy, unusual
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(linear algebra: of matrix: having no inverse): non-invertible
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* singular in _Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary_, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
* singular in _The Century Dictionary_, The Century Co., New York, 1911
* singular at _OneLook Dictionary Search_
التي في فئةENGLISH - SEE ALSO
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* (_grammatical numbers_) GRAMMATICAL NUMBER; SINGULAR, dual, trial, quadral, paucal, plural (Category: en:Grammar)
* simplex
* simple
* single
* singulus
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* railguns, rail guns
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