SINGULARITY


Meaning of SINGULARITY in English

sin ‧ gu ‧ lar ‧ i ‧ ty /ˌsɪŋɡjəˈlærəti, ˌsɪŋɡjʊˈlærəti/ BrE AmE noun ( plural singularities )

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ single , singles, ↑ singleness , the singular, ↑ singularity ; adverb : ↑ singly , ↑ singularly ; adjective : ↑ single , ↑ singular ]

1 . [countable] technical an extremely small point in space that contains an extremely large amount of material and which does not obey the usual laws of nature, for example a ↑ black hole or the point at the beginning of the universe

2 . [uncountable] old-fashioned the quality of something that makes it unusual or strange:

He had an attractive singularity of viewpoint.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.