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| singular | |
| 1. adj. Being only one of a larger population. |  |
| A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon. | |
| 2. adj. Being the only one of the kind; unique. | |
| She has a singular personality. | |
| 3. adj. Distinguished by superiority; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional. | |
| a man of singular gravity or attainments | |
| 4. adj. Out of the ordinary; curious. | |
| It was very singular; I don't know why he did it. | |
| 5. adj. (grammar) Referring to only one thing or person. | |
| 6. adj. (linear algebra, of matrix) Having no inverse. | |
| 7. adj. (linear algebra, of transformation) Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero. | |
| 8. adj. (set theory, of a cardinal number) Not equal to its own cofinality. | |
| 9. adj. (legal) Each; individual. | |
| to convey several parcels of land, all and singular | |
| 10. adj. (obsolete) Engaged in by only one on a side; single. | |
| 11. n. (grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing. | |
