Singular
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A grammatical number
denoting a unit quantity (as opposed to the plural and other forms)
Singular may also refer to:
In mathematics:
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Grammatical number
In linguistics, grammatical number is a grammatical category of nouns, pronouns, and adjective and verb agreement that expresses count distinctions ....
denoting a unit quantity (as opposed to the plural and other forms)
Singular may also refer to:
- Gravitational singularityGravitational singularityA gravitational singularity or spacetime singularity is a location where the quantities that are used to measure the gravitational field become infinite in a way that does not depend on the coordinate system...
, a location where the quantities that are used to measure the gravitational field become infinite - Technological singularityTechnological singularityTechnological singularity refers to the hypothetical future emergence of greater-than-human intelligence through technological means. Since the capabilities of such an intelligence would be difficult for an unaided human mind to comprehend, the occurrence of a technological singularity is seen as...
, a hypothesis that technological progress will reach such an infinite or extremely high value at a point in the near future - A group of boarBoarWild boar, also wild pig, is a species of the pig genus Sus, part of the biological family Suidae. The species includes many subspecies. It is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig, an animal with which it freely hybridises...
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In mathematics:
- Mathematical singularityMathematical singularityIn mathematics, a singularity is in general a point at which a given mathematical object is not defined, or a point of an exceptional set where it fails to be well-behaved in some particular way, such as differentiability...
- SINGULARSINGULARSINGULAR is a computer algebra system for polynomial computations with special emphasis on the needs of commutative algebra, algebraic geometry, and singularity theory. SINGULAR is free software released under the GNU General Public License. Problems in non-commutative algebra can be tackled with...
, an open source Computer Algebra System (CAS) - Singular matrix, a matrix that is not invertible
- Singular measureSingular measureIn mathematics, two positive measures μ and ν defined on a measurable space are called singular if there exist two disjoint sets A and B in Σ whose union is Ω such that μ is zero on all measurable subsets of B while ν is zero on all measurable subsets of A...
, a measure or probability distribution whose support has zero Lebesgue measure. More generally, one may speak of an object "singular with respect to a measure μ", meaning that μ replaces the Lebesgue measure above - An infinite cardinal number is called singular if it is not a regular cardinal
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- Singulair, Merck trademark for Montelukast, a common prescription drug used in maintenance treatment of asthma and to relieve symptoms of seasonal allergies.
- Cingular WirelessCingular WirelessAT&T Mobility LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T that provides wireless services to 100.7 million subscribers in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands...
, a major mobile network operator in North America