singular  /s'ɪŋgjəlɚ/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  singular
  (a.)單數的;非凡的,卓越的

資料來源(2): Network Terminology [netterm]

  singular
  奇異

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Singular \Sin"gu*lar\, a. [OE. singuler, F. singulier, fr. L.
     singularius, singularis, fr. singulus single. See {Single},
     a.]
     1. Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. [Obs.]
        --Bacon.
  
              And God forbid that all a company Should rue a
              singular man's folly.                 --Chaucer.
  
     2. Engaged in by only one on a side; single. [Obs.]
  
              To try the matter thus together in a singular
              combat.                               --Holinshed.
  
     3. (Logic) Existing by itself; single; individual.
  
              The idea which represents one . . . determinate
              thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple,
              complex, or compound.                 --I. Watts.
  
     4. (Law) Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of
        land, all and singular.
  
     5. (Gram.) Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular
        number; -- opposed to {dual} and {plural}.
  
     6. Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual;
        uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon.
  
              So singular a sadness Must have a cause as strange
              as the effect.                        --Denham.
  
     7. Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely
        equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of
        singular gravity or attainments.
  
     8. Departing from general usage or expectations; odd;
        whimsical; -- often implying disapproval or consure.
  
              His zeal None seconded, as out of season judged, Or
              singular and rash.                    --Milton.
  
              To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy,
              is not a disparagement, but a praise. --Tillotson.
  
     9. Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there
        is but one; unique.
  
              These busts of the emperors and empresses are all
              very scarce, and some of them almost singular in
              their kind.                           --Addison.
  
     {Singular point in a curve} (Math.), a point at which the
        curve possesses some peculiar properties not possessed by
        other points of the curve, as a cusp point, or a multiple
        point.
  
     {Singular proposition} (Logic), a proposition having as its
        subject a singular term, or a common term limited to an
        individual by means of a singular sign. --Whately.
  
     {Singular succession} (Civil Law), division among individual
        successors, as distinguished from universal succession, by
        which an estate descended in intestacy to the heirs in
        mass.
  
     {Singular term} (Logic), a term which represents or stands
        for a single individual.
  
     Syn: Unexampled; unprecedented; eminent; extraordinary;
          remarkable; uncommon; rare; unusual; peculiar; strange;
          odd; eccentric; fantastic.

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Singular \Sin"gu*lar\, n.
     1. An individual instance; a particular. [Obs.] --Dr. H.
        More.
  
     2. (Gram) The singular number, or the number denoting one
        person or thing; a word in the singular number.

資料來源(5): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  singular
       adj 1: unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is
              singular in one so young" [syn: {remarkable}]
       2: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious
          hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have
          some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the
          peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely
          queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular
          behavior" [syn: {curious}, {funny}, {odd}, {peculiar}, {queer},
           {rum}, {rummy}]
       3: being a single and separate person or thing; "can the
          singular person be understood apart from his culture?";
          "every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any
          other fact and sole of its kind"-William James
       4: grammatical number category referring to a single item or
          unit [ant: {plural}]
       5: the single one of its kind; "a singular example"; "the
          unique existing example of Donne's handwriting"; "a unique
          copy of an ancient manuscript"; "certain types of problems
          have unique solutions" [syn: {unique}]
       n : the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton [syn:
           {singular form}] [ant: {plural}]