singularity meaning

EN[ˌsɪŋgjəˈlæɹətɪ]

Definition of singularity in English Dictionary

• NounPLsingularitiesSUF-ity+-
  1. the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual.
  2. a point where all parallel lines meet.
  3. a point where a measured variable reaches unmeasurable or infinite value.
  4. (mathematics) the value or range of values of a function for which a derivative does not exist.
  5. (physics) a point or region in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density; associated with black holes.
  6. A proposed point in the technological future at which artificial intelligences become capable of augmenting and improving themselves, leading to an explosive growth in intelligence.
  7. OBS Anything singular, rare, or curious.
  8. OBS Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction.
  9. OBS celibacy.
• More Examples
  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
     • To this tribe we may refer a little fore-handed animal, of the island of Ceylon, which M. Buffon calls the Lori ; very remarkable for the singularity of its figure.
     • Self-shrinkers are hypersurfaces that shrink homothetically under mean curvature flow; these solitons model the singularities of the flow.

• Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
  1. Nouns
     • Countable nouns
     • Singularia tantum
       • Uncountable nouns

Other Vocabulary

1. fr singularité
2. en singularly
3. en insularity
4. en angularity
5. en singularise