singular

  1. Adjective.  Being only one of a larger population.
  2. Adjective.  Being the only one of the kind; unique.
  3. Adjective.  Distinguished by superiority, coming across as such.
  4. Adjective.  Being out of the ordinary, coming across as such.
  5. Adjective.  (grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.
  6. Adjective.  (context, linear algebra) Having no inverse.
  7. Adjective.  (context, linear algebra) Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.
  8. Noun.  (grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.

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