Singularity

Quick meaning: Singularity is a noun meaning The state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual.

Meaning

The state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual.

More Meanings

1. An unusual action or behaviour.
2. A point where all parallel lines meet.
3. A point where a measured variable reaches unmeasurable or infinite value.
4. (mathematics) The value or range of values of a function for which a derivative does not exist.
5. (physics) Ellipsis of gravitational singularity (“a point or region in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density; associated with black holes”).
6. (sometimes capitalized) Ellipsis of technological singularity (“a hypothetical turning point in the future, the culmination of ever-accelerating technological progress, when human history as we have known it ends, and a strange new era begins. For some writers, the catalyst is superhuman machine intelligence”).
7. (obsolete) Anything singular, rare, or curious.

Example Sentences

I took notice of this little figure for the singularity of the instrument.

Consequently the interior of a black hole is empty, with a singularity at the centre.

Pliny addeth this ſingularity to the Indian ſoil, that it is without weeds, that the second year the very falling down of the seeds yieldeth corn.

A sub-cultural style or artifact, when adopted by the mainstream, loses its singularity. Once bell-bottoms became fashionable they were no longer a "gay style."

Word Forms

• singularities

Synonyms for singularity

Depending on context, synonyms include monosemy, uniqueness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include uniqueness, peculiarity, distinctiveness, specificity, particularity, oddity.

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