sin·gu·lar·i·ty /ˌsɪŋgjəˈlærəti/
奇異,奇妙,稀有;
Sin·gu·lar·i·ty n.; pl. Singularities
1. 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.
Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the second year the very falling down of the seeds yieldeth corn. --Sir. W. Raleigh.
I took notice of this little figure for the singularity of the instrument. --Addison.
2. Anything singular, rare, or curious.
Your gallery
Have we passed through, not without much content
In many singularities. --Shak.
3. Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction.
No bishop of Rome ever took upon him this name of singularity [universal bishop]. --Hooker.
Catholicism . . . must be understood in opposition to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation. --Bp. Pearson.
4. Celibacy. [Obs.]
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singularity
n 1: the quality of being one of a kind; "that singularity
distinguished him from all his companions" [syn: uniqueness]
2: strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual