Singular

Singular may refer to:

  • Singular number, in grammar, a term for words denoting a unit quantity, as opposed to the plural and other forms
  • SINGULAR, an open source Computer Algebra System (CAS)
  • A group of boar
  • Singular matrix, a matrix that is not invertible
  • Singular measure, a measure or probability distribution whose support has zero Lebesgue (or other) measure
  • Singular cardinal, an infinite cardinal number that is not a regular cardinal
  • The property of a singularity or singular point in various meanings; see Singularity (disambiguation)

Famous quotes containing the word singular:

    Panurge was of medium stature, neither too large, nor too small ... and subject by nature to a malady known at the time as “Money-deficiency,”Ma singular hardship; nevertheless, he had sixty-three ways of finding some for his needs, the most honorable and common of which was by a form of larceny practiced furtively.
    François Rabelais (1494–1553)

    And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist—
    I don’t think she’d be missed—I’m sure she’d not be
    missed!
    Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    I have found it a singular luxury to talk across the pond to a companion on the opposite side.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)