Main Entry:: ¹sin·gu·lar
Pronunciation:: \ˈsiŋ-gyə-lər\
Function:: adjective
Etymology:: Middle English singuler, from Anglo-French, from Latin singularis, from singulus only one — more at single
Date:: 14th century

1 a: of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual b: of, relating to, or being a word form denoting one person, thing, or instance <a singular noun> c: of or relating to a single instance or to something considered by itself2: distinguished by superiority : exceptional <an artist of singular attainments>3: being out of the ordinary : unusual <on the way home we had a singular adventure>4: departing from general usage or expectation : peculiar , odd <the air had a singular chill>5 aof a matrix : having a determinant equal to zero bof a linear transformation : having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero

synonyms see strange

— sin·gu·lar·ly adverb

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