: unusual or distinctive manner or behavior : peculiarity
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: the quality or state of being singular
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: a point at which the derivative of a given function of a complex variable does not exist but every neighborhood of which contains points for which the derivative does exist
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: a point or region of infinite mass density at which space and time are infinitely distorted by gravitational forces and which is held to be the final state of matter falling into a black hole
People could not understand the singularity of his imagination. a college professor with singularities of dress and speech that have long endeared him to his students
Recent Examples on the WebEverything inside it would flow inward toward the singularity. Randall Munroe, WIRED, 23 Aug. 2022 In a black hole, spacetime is collapsing toward a single point—the singularity. Edgar Shaghoulian, Scientific American, 22 Aug. 2022 The Kvadrat/Simons Shaker Collection has been created in 4 colors with the key design concept being the exemplification of a sense a of singularity and uniformity–the system is one system, on color, and one textile. Rebecca Suhrawardi, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 This results in a core collapse that creates a point in which spacetime is infinitely curved — a central singularity that physics currently can’t explain. Robert Lea, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2022 The gravitational waves might congregate outside a black hole’s event horizon and concentrate their energy to such an extent that a separate singularity would form. Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 4 Aug. 2022 For us Germans in particular, any relativization of the singularity of the Holocaust is intolerable and unacceptable. Hadas Gold And Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022 Instead, Hironaka taught his own work in an area called singularity theory, which focuses on certain types of spaces.Quanta Magazine, 5 July 2022 Part of her operation’s singularity is its commitment to the handmade. Tim Carman, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 See More