Singularity Meaning
/ˌsɪŋɡjəˈlæɹətɪ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual.
nounAn unusual action or behaviour.
Sentence Examples
After the Singularity, we will all have nine dimensional sex organs.
The article "The singularity problem in brane cosmology" may interest you.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In physics, a black hole's center is a point of infinite density called a ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A gravitational ____ is a point in space where density becomes infinite, like in a black hole.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English singularite, from Old French singularité, from Late Latin singulāritās (“singleness”), from Latin singulāris (“single”). By surface analysis, singular + -ity.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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. 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, The Marrow of Historie, Or, an Epitome of All Historical Passages from the Creation, to the End of the Last Macedonian War, published 1650, page 40:
"I took notice of this little figure for the singularity of the instrument."
— 1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
"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.""
— 1980 August 16, Michael Bronski, “Does Life Incriminate Art?”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 5, page 10:
"When about 16 years of age I happened to meet with a book, written by one Tryon, recommending a vegetable diet. I determined to go into it. […] My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity."
— a. 1790, Benjamin Franklin, “Beginning Life as a Printer”, in Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, New York: Henry Holt and Company, published 1916:
""Do you know," said she to Guido one morning, when, after asking her to sing, the Englishman had left the room in the very middle of her song, "that I have taken a fancy into my head, which quite accounts for Mr. Arden's singularities: it is, that I am like some one whom he loved and lost in early youth; and though the loss is dreadful, the love is yet pleasant to remember.""
— 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 115:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In physics, a black hole's center is a point of infinite density called a ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A gravitational ____ is a point in space where density becomes infinite, like in a black hole.