Definitions for singular
ˈsɪŋ gyə lərsin·gu·lar

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. singular, singular form(adj)

   the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton

2. remarkable, singular(adj)

   unusual or striking

   "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young"

3. curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular(adj)

   beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

   "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"

4. singular(adj)

   being a single and separate person or thing

   "can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?"; "every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind"-William James

5. singular(adj)

   composed of one member, set, or kind

6. singular(adj)

   grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit

7. singular, unique(adj)

   the single one of its kind

   "a singular example"; "the unique existing example of Donne's handwriting"; "a unique copy of an ancient manuscript"; "certain types of problems have unique solutions"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. singular(Noun)

   A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.

2. singular(Adjective)

   Being only one of a larger population.

   A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.

3. singular(Adjective)

   Being the only one of the kind; unique.

4. singular(Adjective)

   Distinguished by superiority, coming across as such.

5. singular(Adjective)

   Being out of the ordinary, coming across as such.

6. singular(Adjective)

   Referring to only one thing or person.

7. singular(Adjective)

   Having no inverse.

8. singular(Adjective)

   Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Singular(adj)

   separate or apart from others; single; distinct

2. Singular(adj)

   engaged in by only one on a side; single

3. Singular(adj)

   existing by itself; single; individual

4. Singular(adj)

   each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular

5. Singular(adj)

   denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; -- opposed to dual and plural

6. Singular(adj)

   standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon

7. Singular(adj)

   distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments

8. Singular(adj)

   departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; -- often implying disapproval or consure

9. Singular(adj)

   being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique

10. Singular(noun)

    an individual instance; a particular

11. Singular(noun)

    the singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Singular

   Singular is a computer algebra system for polynomial computations with special emphasis on the needs of commutative and non-commutative algebra, algebraic geometry, and singularity theory. Singular is free software released under the GNU General Public License. Problems in non-commutative algebra can be tackled with the Singular offspring Plural. Singular is developed under the direction of Wolfram Decker, Gert-Martin Greuel, Gerhard Pfister, and Hans Schönemann, who head Singular's core development team within the Department of Mathematics of the University of Kaiserslautern. In the DFG Priority Program 1489, interfaces to GAP, Polymake and Gfan are being developed in order to cover recently established areas of mathematics involving convex and algebraic geometry, such as toric and tropical geometry.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Singular

   sing′gū-lar, adj. alone: (gram.) denoting one person or thing: single: not complex or compound: standing alone, rare, unusual, uncommon: of more than common value or importance: unique, extraordinary, strange, odd: (B.) particular.—n. that which is singular: (logic) that which is not general, that which is here and now, that which is determinate in every respect.—n. Singularisā′tion.—v.t. Sing′ularise, to make singular.—ns. Sing′ularist, one who affects singularity; Singular′ity, the state of being singular: peculiarity: anything curious or remarkable: particular privilege or distinction: (math.) an exceptional element or character of a continuum.—adv. Sing′ularly, in a singular manner: peculiarly: strangely: so as to express one or the singular number. [Fr.,—L. singularis.]

Anagrams for singular »

1. railguns, rail guns

2. Rail guns

3. Railguns

How to pronounce singular?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say singular in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of singular in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of singular in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of singular in a Sentence

1. Ken Burns:

   We're in an age when everybody wants to suggest that we should separate and go back to some pure, singular American thing, it never existed. We've always been a mutt. We've always been a mongrel. And if you try to say that country music is identified more with that, you're already in trouble because it's just not true.

2. Hillary Clinton:

   I am very grateful to all of you for this singular honor which I could not obtain by birth despite how many immigrant grandparents I had.

3. Woodrow Wilson:

   Here is a great body of our Jewish citizens from whom have sprung men of genius in every walk of our varied life; men who have conceived of its ideals with singular clearness; and led enterprises with sprit & sagacity... They are not Jews in America, they are American citizens.

4. Sam Stovall:

   The market has a singular focus to retake the old highs set back in May last year.

5. May Sarton:

   May we agree that private life is irrelevant? Multiple, mixed, ambiguous at best -- out of it we try to fashion the crystal clear, the singular, the absolute, and that is what is relevant; that is what matters.

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