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singularity n. 奇异,奇妙,稀有;
n. = singular point;[天]奇点,黑洞 奇异,奇妙,稀有; singularity n 1: the quality of being one of a kind; " that singularity distinguished him from all his companions" [ synonym: { singularity}, { uniqueness}] 2: strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusualSingularity \ Sin` gu* lar" i* ty\ ( s[ i^][ ng]` g[- u]* l[ a^] r"[ i^]* t[ y^]), n.; pl. { Singularities} ( s[ i^][ ng]` g[- u]* l[ a^] r"[ i^]* t[ i^] z). [ L. singularitas: cf. F. singularit[' e].] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the second year the very falling down of the seeds yieldeth corn. -- Sir. W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster] I took notice of this little figure for the singularity of the instrument. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Anything singular, rare, or curious. [ 1913 Webster] Your gallery Have we passed through, not without much content In many singularities. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction. [ 1913 Webster] No bishop of Rome ever took upon him this name of singularity [ universal bishop]. -- Hooker. [ 1913 Webster] Catholicism . . . must be understood in opposition to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation. -- Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Celibacy. [ Obs.] -- Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] 145 Moby Thesaurus words for " singularity": aberration, abnormality, absurdity, anomaly, anticness, aroma, attribute, badge, bizarreness, bizarrerie, black hole, brand, cachet, cast, character, characteristic, combination, conceit, configuration, crackpotism, crank, crankiness, crankism, crotchet, crotchetiness, curiousness, cut, deformity, deviancy, deviation, differentia, differential, differentiation, differentness, distinctive feature, distinctiveness, divergence, dottiness, earmark, eccentricity, egohood, erraticism, erraticness, fantasticality, feature, figure, flavor, freakiness, freakishness, fusion, grotesqueness, grotesquerie, gust, hallmark, human factor, identity, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, impress, impression, index, individualism, individuality, indivisibility, intactness, integrality, integration, integrity, inviolability, irreducibility, irregularity, keynote, kink, lineaments, maggot, malformation, mannerism, mark, marking, mold, monstrosity, monstrousness, nature, nominalism, nonconformity, oddity, oddness, odor, oneness, organic unity, outlandishness, particularism, particularity, peculiarity, personal equation, personal identity, personality, personship, property, purity, quaintness, quality, queerness, quip, quirk, quirkiness, savor, seal, self- identity, selfhood, selfness, selfsameness, shape, simplicity, singleness, smack, solidarity, solidification, solidity, soul, specialty, stamp, strangeness, taint, tang, taste, teratism, token, trait, trick, twist, uncommonness, unconventionality, undividedness, unification, uniformity, uniqueness, unity, univocity, unnaturalness, weirdness, whim, whimsicality, whimsy, wholeness
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