Singular
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The word singular may refer to one of several concepts.
- The singular is a grammatical number denoting a unit quantity (as opposed to the plural and other forms)
- A singular matrix is one that is not invertible.
- A measure (mathematics) or probability distribution is called singular if its support has zero Lebesgue measure. More generally, one may speak of an object "singular with respect to a measure μ", and that means that μ replaces the Lebesgue measure above.
- An infinite cardinal number is called singular if it is not a regular cardinal
Also,
- In common English, singular means 'unique'.
- SINGULAR is a computer algebra system.
- A mathematical singularity is an object in mathematics. There is also a corresponding physical notion of a gravitational singularity and, more loosely, a technological singularity.
Singular is also a collective noun for a group of boars, possibly deriving from the French 'sanglier'(boar). Template:Disambig-cleanup
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