singular

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English singuler < Old French < Latin singularis "alone of its kind" < Latin singulus "single".

[edit] Adjective

singular (comparative more singular, superlative most singular)

Positive
singular

Comparative
more singular

Superlative
most singular
  1. Being only one of a larger population.
    A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.
  2. Being the only one of the kind; unique.
  3. Distinguished by superiority.
  4. Being out of the ordinary.
  5. (grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.
  6. (linear algebra, of matrix) Having no inverse.
  7. (linear algebra, of transformation) Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.

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being only one of larger population
being the only one of a kind
distinguished by superiority
being out of the ordinary
grammar: referring to only one thing
linear algebra: of matrix: having no inverse
linear algebra: of transformation
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[edit] See also

[edit] Noun

Singular
singular

Plural
singulars

singular (plural singulars)

  1. (grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.

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  • (grammar: form of a word that refers to only one thing): plural

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grammar: form of a word that refers to only one thing

[edit] Croatian

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singular m. sg.

  1. singular

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[edit] Galician

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singular mf

  1. singular
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