singular
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/
The English word “singular” has 13 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Being only one of a larger population; single, individual.
- Being the only one of the kind; unique.
- Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary.
- Out of the ordinary; curious.
- Referring to only one thing or person.
- Having no inverse.
- Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.
- Not equal to its own cofinality.
- Each; individual.
- Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
noun
Etymology
From Middle English singuler, from Old French, from Latin singulāris (“alone of its kind”), from Latin singulus (“single”).
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