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singularity

About 1.31 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual.
  2. noun An unusual action or behaviour.
  3. noun A point where all parallel lines meet.
  4. noun A point where a measured variable reaches unmeasurable or infinite value.
  5. noun The value or range of values of a function for which a derivative does not exist.
  6. noun Ellipsis of gravitational singularity (“a point or region in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density; associated with black holes”).
  7. noun Ellipsis of technological singularity (“a hypothetical turning point in the future, the culmination of ever-accelerating technological progress, when human history as we have known it ends, and a strange new era begins. For some writers, the catalyst is superhuman machine intelligence”).
  8. noun Anything singular, rare, or curious.

Similar words

uniqueness peculiarity distinctiveness specificity particularity oddity oneness unity illaudable individuality

Often followed by

of in and is at that or which as

Word family

singularities

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