singularity

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Singularities can only be spoken of in terms of inter-assemblic relations because what counts as a singularity will be a function of the assemblages entering into relations with one another.

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  1. noun The quality or condition of being singular.
  2. noun A trait marking one as distinct from others; a peculiarity.
  3. noun Something uncommon or unusual.
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  • In attending meetings this singularity was a trial to me, and more especially at this time, as white hats were used by some who were fond of following the changeable modes of dress, and as some Friends who knew not from what motives I wore it grew shy of me, I felt my way for a time shut up in the exercise of the ministry. —  The Journal of John Woolman
  • The singularity is a concept taken from the physics of black holes. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • In fact, the university is named after the idea of singularity -- an extremely rapid period of technological progress. —  rediff.com
  • But in between the outer event horizon and the singularity is an inner event horizon (r - on the diagram). —  Cosmic Variance
  • The global socioeconomic ramifications of the inevitably of the singularity are massive and could kill billions of human beings. —  the will to exist
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  1. from Old French singularite, vernacularly senglierte (later Middle English synglerty), French singularité =Provencal singularitat =Spanish singularidad =Portuguese singularidade =Italian singularità, from Late Latin singularita (t-)s, singleness, from Latin singularis, single: see singular.
 

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/sɪŋgjuˈlærəti/
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