SINGLET


Meaning of SINGLET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsiŋ-glət ]

noun

Date: circa 1746

1.

[from its having only one thickness of cloth]

chiefly British : an athletic jersey ; also : undershirt

2. : an atom or molecule that has no net electronic magnetic moment ; also : an excited state of an atom or molecule that is a singlet

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.