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singularity
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French singularité, from Late Latin singul?rit?s (“singleness”), from Latin singul?ris (“single”).
Morphologically singular +? -ity
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s???j??læ??t?/
Noun
singularity (countable and uncountable, plural singularities)
- The state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual.
- A point where all parallel lines meet.
- A point where a measured variable reaches unmeasurable or infinite value.
- (mathematics) The value or range of values of a function for which a derivative does not exist.
- (physics) A point or region in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density; associated with black holes.
- A proposed point in the technological future at which artificial intelligences become capable of augmenting and improving themselves, leading to an explosive growth in intelligence.
- (obsolete) Anything singular, rare, or curious.
- (obsolete) Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction.
- (obsolete) celibacy, singleness
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jeremy Taylor to this entry?)
Synonyms
- centrohub
- monosemy
Derived terms
Related terms
- single
- singular
Translations
Further reading
- singularity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- singularity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- singularity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- singularity at OneLook Dictionary Search
singularity From the web:
- what singularity means
- what singularity looks like
- singularity what does it mean
- what is singularity in black hole
- what is singularity in science
- what is singularity about bts
- what is singularity in physics
- what is singularity in ai
eccentricity
English
Etymology
eccentric +? -ity
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??k.s?n?t??s.?.ti/, [??k.s?n?t??s.?.?i]
Noun
eccentricity (countable and uncountable, plural eccentricities)
- The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.
- (mathematics) The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix.
- (astronomy) The eccentricity of the conic section (usually an ellipse) defined by the orbit of a given object around a reference object (such as that of a planet around the sun).
Translations
eccentricity From the web:
- what eccentricity means
- what's eccentricity of an ellipse
- what eccentricity is the secondary focus
- what eccentricity of a circle
- what eccentricity of a perfect circle
- what does eccentricity mean
- what is eccentricity of hyperbola
- what is eccentricity in astronomy
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