singularity
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1. singularity - Noun
2. Singularity - Proper noun
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The quality or state of being singular; some character or quality of a thing by which it is distinguished from all, or from most, others; peculiarity.
Anything singular, rare, or curious.
Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction.
Celibacy.
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that singularity distinguished him from all his companions
Also, both curves are rational, as they are parameterized by x, and Riemann-Roch theorem implies that the cubic curve must have a singularity, which must be at infinity, as all its points in the affine space are regular.
A naked singularity, by contrast, is observable from the outside.
Although the idea of a technological singularity is a popular concept in science fiction, some authors such as Neal Stephenson citation and Bruce Sterling have voiced skepticism about its real-world plausibility.
A singularity rotating fast enough might be created by the collapse of dust or by a supernova of a fast-spinning star.
A singularity in a manifold is a place where it is not differentiable: like a corner or a cusp or a pinching.