| slovo | definícia |
singular
(mass) | singular
- individuálny, jednotlivý, jednotný, jedinečný, neobvyklý,
singulár, jednotné číslo |
singular
(msasasci) | singular
- singular |
singular
(encz) | singular,individuální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
singular
(encz) | singular,jedinečný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
singular
(encz) | singular,jednoduchý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
singular
(encz) | singular,jednotlivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
singular
(encz) | singular,jednotné číslo |
singular
(encz) | singular,neobvyklý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
singular
(encz) | singular,neobyčejný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
singular
(encz) | singular,nevídaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
singular
(encz) | singular,nezvyklý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
singular
(encz) | singular,pozoruhodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
singular
(encz) | singular,singulár |
singular
(encz) | singular,singulární adj: Zdeněk Brož |
singular
(encz) | singular,výjimečný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
singular
(encz) | singular,výstřední adj: Zdeněk Brož |
singular
(encz) | singular,zvláštní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Singular
(gcide) | Singular \Sin"gu*lar\ (s[i^][ng]"g[-u]*l[~e]r), a. [OE.
singuler, F. singulier, fr. L. singularius, singularis, fr.
singulus single. See Single, a.]
1. Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
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And God forbid that all a company
Should rue a singular man's folly. --Chaucer.
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2. Engaged in by only one on a side; single. [Obs.]
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To try the matter thus together in a singular
combat. --Holinshed.
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3. (Logic) Existing by itself; single; individual.
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The idea which represents one . . . determinate
thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple,
complex, or compound. --I. Watts.
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4. (Law) Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of
land, all and singular.
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5. (Gram.) Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular
number; -- opposed to dual and plural.
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6. Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual;
uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon.
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So singular a sadness
Must have a cause as strange as the effect.
--Denham.
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7. Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely
equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of
singular gravity or attainments.
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8. Departing from general usage or expectations; odd;
whimsical; -- often implying disapproval or censure.
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His zeal
None seconded, as out of season judged,
Or singular and rash. --Milton.
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To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy,
is not a disparagement, but a praise. --Tillotson.
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9. Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there
is but one; unique.
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These busts of the emperors and empresses are all
very scarce, and some of them almost singular in
their kind. --Addison.
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Singular point in a curve (Math.), a point at which the
curve possesses some peculiar properties not possessed by
other points of the curve, as a cusp point, or a multiple
point.
Singular proposition (Logic), a proposition having as its
subject a singular term, or a common term limited to an
individual by means of a singular sign. --Whately.
Singular succession (Civil Law), division among individual
successors, as distinguished from universal succession, by
which an estate descended in intestacy to the heirs in
mass.
Singular term (Logic), a term which represents or stands
for a single individual.
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Syn: Unexampled; unprecedented; eminent; extraordinary;
remarkable; uncommon; rare; unusual; peculiar; strange;
odd; eccentric; fantastic.
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Singular
(gcide) | Singular \Sin"gu*lar\, n.
1. An individual instance; a particular. [Obs.] --Dr. H.
More.
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2. (Gram) The singular number, or the number denoting one
person or thing; a word in the singular number.
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singular
(wn) | singular
adj 1: unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is
singular in one so young" [syn: remarkable, singular]
2: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious
hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have
some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar
aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about
this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" [syn:
curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum,
rummy, singular]
3: being a single and separate person or thing; "can the
singular person be understood apart from his culture?";
"every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other
fact and sole of its kind"-William James
4: composed of one member, set, or kind [ant: plural]
5: grammatical number category referring to a single item or
unit [ant: plural]
6: the single one of its kind; "a singular example"; "the unique
existing example of Donne's handwriting"; "a unique copy of
an ancient manuscript"; "certain types of problems have
unique solutions" [syn: singular, unique]
n 1: the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton [syn:
singular, singular form] [ant: plural, plural form] |
SINGULAR
(bouvier) | SINGULAR, construction. In grammar the singular is used to express only one,
not plural. Johnson.
2. In law, the singular frequently includes the plural. A bequest to
"my nearest relation," for example, will be considered as a bequest to all
the relations in the same degree, who are nearest to the testator. 1 Ves.
sen. 337; 1 Bro. C. C. 293. A bequest made to "my heir," by a person who had
three heirs, will be construed in the plural. 4 Russ. C. C. 384.
3. The same rule obtains in the civil law: In usu juris frequenter uti
nos singulari appellationie, am plura significari vellemus. Dig. 50, l6,
158.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
singular
(mass) | singular
- individuálny, jednotlivý, jednotný, jedinečný, neobvyklý,
singulár, jednotné číslo |
singularly
(mass) | singularly
- ojedinele |
singular
(msasasci) | singular
- singular |
nonsingular matrix
(encz) | nonsingular matrix, n: |
singular
(encz) | singular,individuální adj: Zdeněk Brožsingular,jedinečný adj: Zdeněk Brožsingular,jednoduchý adj: Zdeněk Brožsingular,jednotlivý adj: Zdeněk Brožsingular,jednotné číslo singular,neobvyklý adj: Zdeněk Brožsingular,neobyčejný adj: Zdeněk Brožsingular,nevídaný adj: Zdeněk Brožsingular,nezvyklý adj: Zdeněk Brožsingular,pozoruhodný adj: Zdeněk Brožsingular,singulár singular,singulární adj: Zdeněk Brožsingular,výjimečný adj: Zdeněk Brožsingular,výstřední adj: Zdeněk Brožsingular,zvláštní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
singular form
(encz) | singular form, n: |
singular matrix
(encz) | singular matrix, n: |
singularisation
(encz) | singularisation,singularizace n: Zdeněk Brož |
singularise
(encz) | singularise, v: |
singularities
(encz) | singularities,jedinečnosti n: Zdeněk Brož |
singularity
(encz) | singularity,jedinečnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
singularization
(encz) | singularization,oddělování n: Zdeněk Brožsingularization,singularizace n: Zdeněk Brož |
singularize
(encz) | singularize, v: |
singularly
(encz) | singularly,jedinečně adv: Zdeněk Brožsingularly,mimořádně adv: Zdeněk Brožsingularly,neobyčejně adv: josesingularly,ojediněle adv: Zdeněk Brož |
singularita
(czen) | singularita,onenessn: |
singularizace
(czen) | singularizace,singularisationn: Zdeněk Brožsingularizace,singularizationn: Zdeněk Brož |
Singular point
(gcide) | Point \Point\, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L.
punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See
Pungent, and cf. Puncto, Puncture.]
1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything,
esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle
or a pin.
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2. An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle
used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others;
also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point;
-- called also pointer.
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3. Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined
termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a
tract of land extending into the water beyond the common
shore line.
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4. The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument,
as a needle; a prick.
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5. An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or
supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither
parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has
neither length, breadth, nor thickness, -- sometimes
conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of
which a line is conceived to be produced.
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6. An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant;
hence, the verge.
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When time's first point begun
Made he all souls. --Sir J.
Davies.
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7. A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the
divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed
in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a
stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence,
figuratively, an end, or conclusion.
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And there a point, for ended is my tale. --Chaucer.
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Commas and points they set exactly right. --Pope.
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8. Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative
position, or to indicate a transition from one state or
position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position
or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of
depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by
tenpoints. "A point of precedence." --Selden. "Creeping on
from point to point." --Tennyson.
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A lord full fat and in good point. --Chaucer.
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9. That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or
character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a
peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as,
the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story,
etc.
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He told him, point for point, in short and plain.
--Chaucer.
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In point of religion and in point of honor. --Bacon.
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Shalt thou dispute
With Him the points of liberty ? --Milton.
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10. Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an
argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp.,
the proposition to be established; as, the point of an
anecdote. "Here lies the point." --Shak.
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They will hardly prove his point. --Arbuthnot.
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11. A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a
punctilio.
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This fellow doth not stand upon points. --Shak.
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[He] cared not for God or man a point. --Spenser.
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12. (Mus.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or
time; as:
(a) (Anc. Mus.) A dot or mark distinguishing or
characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of
perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a
tune. "Sound the trumpet -- not a levant, or a
flourish, but a point of war." --Sir W. Scott.
(b) (Mod. Mus.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note,
to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half,
as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a
half note equal to three quarter notes.
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13. (Astron.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or
zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the
intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere,
and named specifically in each case according to the
position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the
solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points,
etc. See Equinoctial Nodal.
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14. (Her.) One of the several different parts of the
escutcheon. See Escutcheon.
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15. (Naut.)
(a) One of the points of the compass (see {Points of the
compass}, below); also, the difference between two
points of the compass; as, to fall off a point.
(b) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See
Reef point, under Reef.
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16. (Anc. Costume) A a string or lace used to tie together
certain parts of the dress. --Sir W. Scott.
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17. Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels
point. See Point lace, below.
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18. pl. (Railways) A switch. [Eng.]
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19. An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
[Cant, U. S.]
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20. (Cricket) A fielder who is stationed on the off side,
about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in
advance of, the batsman.
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21. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game;
as, the dog came to a point. See Pointer.
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22. (Type Making) A standard unit of measure for the size of
type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica
type. See Point system of type, under Type.
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23. A tyne or snag of an antler.
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24. One of the spaces on a backgammon board.
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25. (Fencing) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as,
tierce point.
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26. (Med.) A pointed piece of quill or bone covered at one
end with vaccine matter; -- called also vaccine point.
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27. One of the raised dots used in certain systems of
printing and writing for the blind. The first practical
system was that devised by Louis Braille in 1829, and
still used in Europe (see Braille). Two modifications
of this are current in the United States:
New York point founded on three bases of equidistant points
arranged in two lines (viz., : :: :::), and a later
improvement,
American Braille, embodying the Braille base (:::) and the
New-York-point principle of using the characters of few
points for the commonest letters.
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28. In technical senses:
(a) In various games, a position of a certain player, or,
by extension, the player himself; as: (1) (Lacrosse &
Ice Hockey) The position of the player of each side
who stands a short distance in front of the goal
keeper; also, the player himself. (2) (Baseball)
(pl.) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
(b) (Hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made;
hence, a straight run from point to point; a
cross-country run. [Colloq. Oxf. E. D.]
(c) (Falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over
the place where its prey has gone into cover.
(d) Act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain
dance positions.
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Note: The word point is a general term, much used in the
sciences, particularly in mathematics, mechanics,
perspective, and physics, but generally either in the
geometrical sense, or in that of degree, or condition
of change, and with some accompanying descriptive or
qualifying term, under which, in the vocabulary, the
specific uses are explained; as, boiling point, carbon
point, dry point, freezing point, melting point,
vanishing point, etc.
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At all points, in every particular, completely; perfectly.
--Shak.
At point, In point, At the point, In the point, or
On the point, as near as can be; on the verge; about (see
About, prep., 6); as, at the point of death; he was on
the point of speaking. "In point to fall down." --Chaucer.
"Caius Sidius Geta, at point to have been taken, recovered
himself so valiantly as brought day on his side."
--Milton.
Dead point. (Mach.) Same as Dead center, under Dead.
Far point (Med.), in ophthalmology, the farthest point at
which objects are seen distinctly. In normal eyes the
nearest point at which objects are seen distinctly; either
with the two eyes together (binocular near point), or with
each eye separately (monocular near point).
Nine points of the law, all but the tenth point; the
greater weight of authority.
On the point. See At point, above.
Point lace, lace wrought with the needle, as distinguished
from that made on the pillow.
Point net, a machine-made lace imitating a kind of Brussels
lace (Brussels ground).
Point of concurrence (Geom.), a point common to two lines,
but not a point of tangency or of intersection, as, for
instance, that in which a cycloid meets its base.
Point of contrary flexure, a point at which a curve changes
its direction of curvature, or at which its convexity and
concavity change sides.
Point of order, in parliamentary practice, a question of
order or propriety under the rules.
Point of sight (Persp.), in a perspective drawing, the
point assumed as that occupied by the eye of the
spectator.
Point of view, the relative position from which anything is
seen or any subject is considered.
Points of the compass (Naut.), the thirty-two points of
division of the compass card in the mariner's compass; the
corresponding points by which the circle of the horizon is
supposed to be divided, of which the four marking the
directions of east, west, north, and south, are called
cardinal points, and the rest are named from their
respective directions, as N. by E., N. N. E., N. E. by N.,
N. E., etc. See Illust. under Compass.
Point paper, paper pricked through so as to form a stencil
for transferring a design.
Point system of type. See under Type.
Singular point (Geom.), a point of a curve which possesses
some property not possessed by points in general on the
curve, as a cusp, a point of inflection, a node, etc.
To carry one's point, to accomplish one's object, as in a
controversy.
To make a point of, to attach special importance to.
To make a point, or To gain a point, accomplish that
which was proposed; also, to make advance by a step,
grade, or position.
To mark a point, or To score a point, as in billiards,
cricket, etc., to note down, or to make, a successful hit,
run, etc.
To strain a point, to go beyond the proper limit or rule;
to stretch one's authority or conscience.
Vowel point, in Arabic, Hebrew, and certain other Eastern
and ancient languages, a mark placed above or below the
consonant, or attached to it, representing the vowel, or
vocal sound, which precedes or follows the consonant.
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Singular point in a curve
(gcide) | Singular \Sin"gu*lar\ (s[i^][ng]"g[-u]*l[~e]r), a. [OE.
singuler, F. singulier, fr. L. singularius, singularis, fr.
singulus single. See Single, a.]
1. Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
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And God forbid that all a company
Should rue a singular man's folly. --Chaucer.
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2. Engaged in by only one on a side; single. [Obs.]
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To try the matter thus together in a singular
combat. --Holinshed.
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3. (Logic) Existing by itself; single; individual.
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The idea which represents one . . . determinate
thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple,
complex, or compound. --I. Watts.
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4. (Law) Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of
land, all and singular.
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5. (Gram.) Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular
number; -- opposed to dual and plural.
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6. Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual;
uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon.
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So singular a sadness
Must have a cause as strange as the effect.
--Denham.
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7. Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely
equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of
singular gravity or attainments.
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8. Departing from general usage or expectations; odd;
whimsical; -- often implying disapproval or censure.
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His zeal
None seconded, as out of season judged,
Or singular and rash. --Milton.
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To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy,
is not a disparagement, but a praise. --Tillotson.
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9. Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there
is but one; unique.
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These busts of the emperors and empresses are all
very scarce, and some of them almost singular in
their kind. --Addison.
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Singular point in a curve (Math.), a point at which the
curve possesses some peculiar properties not possessed by
other points of the curve, as a cusp point, or a multiple
point.
Singular proposition (Logic), a proposition having as its
subject a singular term, or a common term limited to an
individual by means of a singular sign. --Whately.
Singular succession (Civil Law), division among individual
successors, as distinguished from universal succession, by
which an estate descended in intestacy to the heirs in
mass.
Singular term (Logic), a term which represents or stands
for a single individual.
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Syn: Unexampled; unprecedented; eminent; extraordinary;
remarkable; uncommon; rare; unusual; peculiar; strange;
odd; eccentric; fantastic.
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Singular proposition
(gcide) | Singular \Sin"gu*lar\ (s[i^][ng]"g[-u]*l[~e]r), a. [OE.
singuler, F. singulier, fr. L. singularius, singularis, fr.
singulus single. See Single, a.]
1. Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
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And God forbid that all a company
Should rue a singular man's folly. --Chaucer.
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2. Engaged in by only one on a side; single. [Obs.]
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To try the matter thus together in a singular
combat. --Holinshed.
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3. (Logic) Existing by itself; single; individual.
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The idea which represents one . . . determinate
thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple,
complex, or compound. --I. Watts.
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4. (Law) Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of
land, all and singular.
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5. (Gram.) Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular
number; -- opposed to dual and plural.
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6. Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual;
uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon.
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So singular a sadness
Must have a cause as strange as the effect.
--Denham.
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7. Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely
equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of
singular gravity or attainments.
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8. Departing from general usage or expectations; odd;
whimsical; -- often implying disapproval or censure.
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His zeal
None seconded, as out of season judged,
Or singular and rash. --Milton.
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To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy,
is not a disparagement, but a praise. --Tillotson.
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9. Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there
is but one; unique.
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These busts of the emperors and empresses are all
very scarce, and some of them almost singular in
their kind. --Addison.
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Singular point in a curve (Math.), a point at which the
curve possesses some peculiar properties not possessed by
other points of the curve, as a cusp point, or a multiple
point.
Singular proposition (Logic), a proposition having as its
subject a singular term, or a common term limited to an
individual by means of a singular sign. --Whately.
Singular succession (Civil Law), division among individual
successors, as distinguished from universal succession, by
which an estate descended in intestacy to the heirs in
mass.
Singular term (Logic), a term which represents or stands
for a single individual.
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Syn: Unexampled; unprecedented; eminent; extraordinary;
remarkable; uncommon; rare; unusual; peculiar; strange;
odd; eccentric; fantastic.
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Singular succession
(gcide) | Singular \Sin"gu*lar\ (s[i^][ng]"g[-u]*l[~e]r), a. [OE.
singuler, F. singulier, fr. L. singularius, singularis, fr.
singulus single. See Single, a.]
1. Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
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And God forbid that all a company
Should rue a singular man's folly. --Chaucer.
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2. Engaged in by only one on a side; single. [Obs.]
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To try the matter thus together in a singular
combat. --Holinshed.
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3. (Logic) Existing by itself; single; individual.
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The idea which represents one . . . determinate
thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple,
complex, or compound. --I. Watts.
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4. (Law) Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of
land, all and singular.
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5. (Gram.) Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular
number; -- opposed to dual and plural.
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6. Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual;
uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon.
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So singular a sadness
Must have a cause as strange as the effect.
--Denham.
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7. Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely
equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of
singular gravity or attainments.
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8. Departing from general usage or expectations; odd;
whimsical; -- often implying disapproval or censure.
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His zeal
None seconded, as out of season judged,
Or singular and rash. --Milton.
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To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy,
is not a disparagement, but a praise. --Tillotson.
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9. Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there
is but one; unique.
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These busts of the emperors and empresses are all
very scarce, and some of them almost singular in
their kind. --Addison.
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Singular point in a curve (Math.), a point at which the
curve possesses some peculiar properties not possessed by
other points of the curve, as a cusp point, or a multiple
point.
Singular proposition (Logic), a proposition having as its
subject a singular term, or a common term limited to an
individual by means of a singular sign. --Whately.
Singular succession (Civil Law), division among individual
successors, as distinguished from universal succession, by
which an estate descended in intestacy to the heirs in
mass.
Singular term (Logic), a term which represents or stands
for a single individual.
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Syn: Unexampled; unprecedented; eminent; extraordinary;
remarkable; uncommon; rare; unusual; peculiar; strange;
odd; eccentric; fantastic.
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Singular term
(gcide) | Singular \Sin"gu*lar\ (s[i^][ng]"g[-u]*l[~e]r), a. [OE.
singuler, F. singulier, fr. L. singularius, singularis, fr.
singulus single. See Single, a.]
1. Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
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And God forbid that all a company
Should rue a singular man's folly. --Chaucer.
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2. Engaged in by only one on a side; single. [Obs.]
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To try the matter thus together in a singular
combat. --Holinshed.
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3. (Logic) Existing by itself; single; individual.
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The idea which represents one . . . determinate
thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple,
complex, or compound. --I. Watts.
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4. (Law) Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of
land, all and singular.
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5. (Gram.) Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular
number; -- opposed to dual and plural.
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6. Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual;
uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon.
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So singular a sadness
Must have a cause as strange as the effect.
--Denham.
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7. Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely
equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of
singular gravity or attainments.
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8. Departing from general usage or expectations; odd;
whimsical; -- often implying disapproval or censure.
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His zeal
None seconded, as out of season judged,
Or singular and rash. --Milton.
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To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy,
is not a disparagement, but a praise. --Tillotson.
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9. Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there
is but one; unique.
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These busts of the emperors and empresses are all
very scarce, and some of them almost singular in
their kind. --Addison.
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Singular point in a curve (Math.), a point at which the
curve possesses some peculiar properties not possessed by
other points of the curve, as a cusp point, or a multiple
point.
Singular proposition (Logic), a proposition having as its
subject a singular term, or a common term limited to an
individual by means of a singular sign. --Whately.
Singular succession (Civil Law), division among individual
successors, as distinguished from universal succession, by
which an estate descended in intestacy to the heirs in
mass.
Singular term (Logic), a term which represents or stands
for a single individual.
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Syn: Unexampled; unprecedented; eminent; extraordinary;
remarkable; uncommon; rare; unusual; peculiar; strange;
odd; eccentric; fantastic.
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Singularist
(gcide) | Singularist \Sin"gu*lar*ist\ (s[i^][ng]"g[-u]*l[~e]r*[i^]st), n.
One who affects singularity. [Obs.]
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A clownish singularist, or nonconformist to ordinary
usage. --Borrow.
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Singularities
(gcide) | Singularity \Sin`gu*lar"i*ty\
(s[i^][ng]`g[-u]*l[a^]r"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. Singularities
(s[i^][ng]`g[-u]*l[a^]r"[i^]*t[i^]z). [L. singularitas: cf.
F. singularit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being singular; some character or
quality of a thing by which it is distinguished from all,
or from most, others; peculiarity.
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Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the
second year the very falling down of the seeds
yieldeth corn. --Sir. W.
Raleigh.
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I took notice of this little figure for the
singularity of the instrument. --Addison.
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2. Anything singular, rare, or curious.
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Your gallery
Have we passed through, not without much content
In many singularities. --Shak.
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3. Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege,
prerogative, or distinction.
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No bishop of Rome ever took upon him this name of
singularity [universal bishop]. --Hooker.
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Catholicism . . . must be understood in opposition
to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation. --Bp.
Pearson.
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4. Celibacy. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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Singularity
(gcide) | Singularity \Sin`gu*lar"i*ty\
(s[i^][ng]`g[-u]*l[a^]r"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. Singularities
(s[i^][ng]`g[-u]*l[a^]r"[i^]*t[i^]z). [L. singularitas: cf.
F. singularit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being singular; some character or
quality of a thing by which it is distinguished from all,
or from most, others; peculiarity.
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Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the
second year the very falling down of the seeds
yieldeth corn. --Sir. W.
Raleigh.
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I took notice of this little figure for the
singularity of the instrument. --Addison.
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2. Anything singular, rare, or curious.
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Your gallery
Have we passed through, not without much content
In many singularities. --Shak.
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3. Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege,
prerogative, or distinction.
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No bishop of Rome ever took upon him this name of
singularity [universal bishop]. --Hooker.
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Catholicism . . . must be understood in opposition
to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation. --Bp.
Pearson.
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4. Celibacy. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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Singularize
(gcide) | Singularize \Sin"gu*lar*ize\ (s[i^][ng]"g[-u]*l[~e]r*[imac]z),
v. t.
To make singular or single; to distinguish. [R.]
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Singularly
(gcide) | Singularly \Sin"gu*lar*ly\, adv.
1. In a singular manner; in a manner, or to a degree, not
common to others; extraordinarily; as, to be singularly
exact in one's statements; singularly considerate of
others. "Singularly handsome." --Milman.
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2. Strangely; oddly; as, to behave singularly.
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3. So as to express one, or the singular number.
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nonsingular matrix
(wn) | nonsingular matrix
n 1: a square matrix whose determinant is not zero [ant:
singular matrix] |
singular
(wn) | singular
adj 1: unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is
singular in one so young" [syn: remarkable, singular]
2: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious
hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have
some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar
aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about
this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" [syn:
curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum,
rummy, singular]
3: being a single and separate person or thing; "can the
singular person be understood apart from his culture?";
"every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other
fact and sole of its kind"-William James
4: composed of one member, set, or kind [ant: plural]
5: grammatical number category referring to a single item or
unit [ant: plural]
6: the single one of its kind; "a singular example"; "the unique
existing example of Donne's handwriting"; "a unique copy of
an ancient manuscript"; "certain types of problems have
unique solutions" [syn: singular, unique]
n 1: the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton [syn:
singular, singular form] [ant: plural, plural form] |
singular form
(wn) | singular form
n 1: the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton [syn:
singular, singular form] [ant: plural, plural form] |
singular matrix
(wn) | singular matrix
n 1: a square matrix whose determinant is zero [ant:
nonsingular matrix] |
singularise
(wn) | singularise
v 1: distinguish as singular [syn: singularize, singularise] |
singularity
(wn) | singularity
n 1: the quality of being one of a kind; "that singularity
distinguished him from all his companions" [syn:
singularity, uniqueness]
2: strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual |
singularize
(wn) | singularize
v 1: distinguish as singular [syn: singularize, singularise] |
singularly
(wn) | singularly
adv 1: in a singular manner or to a singular degree; "Lord T.
was considered singularly licentious even for the courts
of Russia and Portugal; he acquired three wives and
fourteen children during his Portuguese embassy alone" |
SINGULAR
(bouvier) | SINGULAR, construction. In grammar the singular is used to express only one,
not plural. Johnson.
2. In law, the singular frequently includes the plural. A bequest to
"my nearest relation," for example, will be considered as a bequest to all
the relations in the same degree, who are nearest to the testator. 1 Ves.
sen. 337; 1 Bro. C. C. 293. A bequest made to "my heir," by a person who had
three heirs, will be construed in the plural. 4 Russ. C. C. 384.
3. The same rule obtains in the civil law: In usu juris frequenter uti
nos singulari appellationie, am plura significari vellemus. Dig. 50, l6,
158.
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