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Meaning of SINGULARITY

Pronunciation:  `singyû'lareetee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the quality of being one of a kind; "that singularity distinguished him from all his companions"
  2. [n]  strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual
 
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 Synonyms: uniqueness
 
 See Also: individualism, individuality, individuation, strangeness, unfamiliarity

 

 

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Singularity
Sixteen-year-old Harry agrees to house-sit his great-uncle`s farm along with his twin brother, Barry. To Harry it seems that Barry is growing more and more resentful of him, and he hopes their time together will help them repair their relationship. However, once they arrive at the farm, Harry soon discovers that his dream will not come true and that a mysterious distortion of time and space has altered, but not diminished, their competitive relationship.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sin`gu*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Singularities}. [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.
         Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the
         second year the very falling down of the seeds
         yieldeth corn.                        --Sir. W.
                                               Raleigh.
         I took notice of this little figure for the
         singularity of the instrument.        --Addison.
2. Anything singular, rare, or curious.
         Your gallery Have we passed through, not without
         much content In many singularities.   --Shak.
3. Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege,
   prerogative, or distinction.
         No bishop of Rome ever took upon him this name of
         singularity [universal bishop].       --Hooker.
         Catholicism . . . must be understood in opposition
         to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation. --Bp.
                                               Pearson.
4. Celibacy. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
 

 

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