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singular/ˈsɪŋɡjələ(r)/
adjective
  • 1 Grammar (of a word or form) denoting or referring to just one person or thing.

    ■ single; unique.

  • 2 exceptionally good or great; remarkable.

    ■ strange or eccentric in some respect.

  • 3 Mathematics (of a square matrix) having a zero determinant.
  • 4 Physics & Mathematics relating to or of the nature of a singularity.
noun Grammar the singular form of a word.
– derivatives
singularly adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. singuler, from L. singularis, from singulus (see single).



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