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English

Noun

  1. the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual
  2. a point where all parallel lines meet
  3. a point where a measured variable reaches unmeasurable or infinite value
  4. the value or range of values of a function for which a derivative does not exist
  5. a point or region in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density; associated with black holes


Translations

  • Dutch: bijzonderheid
  • Finnish: erikoisuus, omituisuus
  • French: {{t+|fr|singularité|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Eigenheit|f}}
  • Greek: {{t|el|ιδιομορφία|f|sc=Grek}} (idiomorfía)
  • Hungarian: Szingularitás
  • Italian: {{t-|it|singolarità|f}}
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|単独性|tr=tandokusē|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|単一性|tr=tan'itsusē|sc=Jpan}}; {{t|ja|特異性|tr=tokuisē|sc=Jpan}}; {{t|ja|奇妙|tr=kimyō|sc=Jpan}}, {{t-|ja|風変わり|tr=fūgawari|sc=Jpan}}; {{t-|ja|非凡|tr=hibon|sc=Jpan}}, {{t-|ja|希有|tr=keu|sc=Jpan}}
  • Portuguese: singularidade
  • Russian: своеобразие (svojeobrázije) , самобытность (samobýtnost’)
  • Slovene: drugačnost , samosvojost
  • Dutch: singulariteit
  • French: {{t+|fr|singularité|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Singularität|f}}
  • Dutch: singulariteit
  • German: {{t+|de|Singularität|f}}
  • Italian: {{t-|it|singolarità|f}}
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Category:Astronomy

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Singularity \Sin`gu*lar"i*ty\
(s[i^][ng]`g[-u]*l[a^]r"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. Singularities
(s[i^][ng]`g[-u]*l[a^]r"[i^]*t[i^]z). [L. singularitas: cf.
F. singularit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being singular; some character or
quality of a thing by which it is distinguished from all,
or from most, others; peculiarity.
[1913 Webster]

Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the
second year the very falling down of the seeds
yieldeth corn. --Sir. W.
Raleigh.
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I took notice of this little figure for the
singularity of the instrument. --Addison.
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2. Anything singular, rare, or curious.
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Your gallery
Have we passed through, not without much content
In many singularities. --Shak.
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3. Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege,
prerogative, or distinction.
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No bishop of Rome ever took upon him this name of
singularity [universal bishop]. --Hooker.
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Catholicism . . . must be understood in opposition
to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation. --Bp.
Pearson.
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4. Celibacy. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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WordNet singularity
n 1: the quality of being one of a kind; "that singularity
distinguished him from all his companions" [syn: uniqueness]
2: strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual
Moby Dictionary
aberration , abnormality , absurdity , anomaly , anticness , aroma ,
attribute , badge , bizarreness , bizarrerie , black hole , brand ,
cachet , cast , character , characteristic , combination , conceit ,
configuration , crackpotism , crank , crankiness , crankism , crotchet ,
crotchetiness , curiousness , cut , deformity , deviancy , deviation ,
differentia , differential , differentiation , differentness ,
distinctive feature , distinctiveness , divergence , dottiness ,
earmark , eccentricity , egohood , erraticism , erraticness ,
fantasticality , feature , figure , flavor , freakiness , freakishness ,
fusion , grotesqueness , grotesquerie , gust , hallmark , human factor ,
identity , idiocrasy , idiosyncrasy , impress , impression , index ,
individualism , individuality , indivisibility , intactness ,
integrality , integration , integrity , inviolability , irreducibility ,
irregularity , keynote , kink , lineaments , maggot , malformation ,
mannerism , mark , marking , mold , monstrosity , monstrousness , nature ,
nominalism , nonconformity , oddity , oddness , odor , oneness ,
organic unity , outlandishness , particularism , particularity ,
peculiarity , personal equation , personal identity , personality ,
personship , property , purity , quaintness , quality , queerness , quip ,
quirk , quirkiness , savor , seal , self-identity , selfhood , selfness ,
selfsameness , shape , simplicity , singleness , smack , solidarity ,
solidification , solidity , soul , specialty , stamp , strangeness ,
taint , tang , taste , teratism , token , trait , trick , twist ,
uncommonness , unconventionality , undividedness , unification ,
uniformity , uniqueness , unity , univocity , unnaturalness , weirdness ,
whim , whimsicality , whimsy , wholeness


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