singlet

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɪŋɡlʌt/

Noun

singlet (plural singlets)

1. (UK) and (Australian) A vest, or a similar sleeveless item of clothing
   • 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, p28

     Winston wrenched his body out of bed — naked, for a member of the Outer Party received only 3,000 clothing coupons annually, and a suit of pyjamas was 600 — and seized a dingy singlet and a pair of shorts that were lying across a chair.

2. (physics) A multiplet having a single member, especially a single spectroscopic peak
3. (physics) A quantum state having zero spin

Derived terms

• singlet oxygen

Anagrams

• glisten, niglets, sniglet, tingles