singular

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

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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, coming across as such.
  4. Being out of the ordinary, coming across as such.
  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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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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[edit] Galician

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singular m. and f. (plural singulares)

  1. singular

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sȉngulār m. (Cyrillic spelling си̏нгула̄р)

  1. singular

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[edit] Spanish

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singular m. and f. (plural singulares)

  1. singular

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singular m. (plural singulares)

  1. singular
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