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:

    “Oh, nonio, Antonio!
    You’re far too bleak and bonio!
    And all that I wish,
    You singular fish,
    Is that you will quickly begonio.”
    Laura Elizabeth Richards (1850–1943)

    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)

    though the fall cold

    surrounds our warm bed, and though
    by day we are singular and often lonely.
    Denise Levertov (b. 1923)