SINGLET


Meaning of SINGLET in English

I. ˈsiŋglə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun

( -s )

Etymology: single (I) + -et

1.

a. dialect chiefly Britain : an unlined waistcoat

b. chiefly Britain : an undershirt or athletic jersey

his coppery-brown torso that was only partly covered by the torn singlet — Vance Palmer

athletes, stripped to their singlets and shorts, raced, cycled and polejumped — H.V.Morton

2.

a. : an atomic, molecular, or nuclear energy level with a spin of zero

b. : a spectrum line that is not resolved into components by even the highest dispersion

II. noun

: an elementary particle not part of a multiplet

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