singularity
the state, fact, or quality of being singular.
a singular, unusual, or unique quality; peculiarity.
Mathematics. singular point.
Astronomy. (in general relativity) the mathematical representation of a black hole.
Usually the singularity .Also called technological singularity . a hypothesized future era or event when exponential improvements in computer intelligence and advances in technology will result in an acute change in human society and evolution.
Origin of singularity
1Other words from singularity
- non·sin·gu·lar·i·ty, noun, plural non·sin·gu·lar·i·ties.
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How to use singularity in a sentence
Explore 13 paintings and two related sculptures curated by Cecilia Wichmann that reveal artist Tschabalala Self’s depth, intricacy, and singularity.
D.C. summer ablaze with events, concerts, art | Prince Chingarande | July 15, 2021 | Washington BladeThe real singularity was that point at which specific information about the world, about experiences, about ideas, about inventions and creations, began to live alongside us.
They also talk about the technological singularity, the idea that there could come a point of such extraordinary growth in the sophistication of technology that there’s a transformation.
We need to be doing a better job of hazard assessments, and not examining hazards in singularity.
Scientists have found the origins of a mysterious, deadly flood in India | Carolyn Gramling | June 10, 2021 | Science NewsShe relates events as they happen to her but only inconsistently anchors them in the details, dialogue or personal emotions that would give Pheby’s character texture and singularity.
Sadeqa Johnson’s ‘Yellow Wife’ chronicles one tenacious enslaved woman’s survival in the antebellum South | Ellen Morton | January 12, 2021 | Washington Post
That sense of self-enforced singularity—the feeling that he's the last of the Mohicans—is a big part of White's appeal.
Kurzweil is known for his view on the technological singularity, a moment in which man transcends his biological limits.
On Transhumanism and Why Technology Is Our Silicon Nervous System | Jason Silva | April 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe effect of the singularity not on an AI, but on an actual human mind—a mind that has been uploaded.
How ‘Transcendence’ Director Wally Pfister Became Christopher Nolan’s Secret Weapon | Andrew Romano | April 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe singularity as well as the high level of quality of their collections particularly impressed the experts.
#Belfie Queen Goes High-Fashion; LVMH Announces Young Designer Finalists | The Fashion Beast Team | March 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Culture is a post-singularity, anarcho-capitalist society, with technology that outpaces our own.
Nerdiness from Noah: Iain M. Banks and 'The Culture' | Noah Kristula-Green | April 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShe was struck with his singularity, and impressed with an instinctive consciousness of his peculiar genius.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottWith his evasive singularity was mingled a certain exotic odour like the distant perfume of a country well loved of the sun.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile GautierSebastian Joseph de Pontchasteau, a French author, died; remarkable for the singularity of his acts of devotion and charity.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellDr. Bates's singularity in not rising up nor drinking the King's nor other healths at the table was very much observed.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysThey erred from feeling, an error so very rare with them, that it might be pardoned even for its singularity.
Decline of Science in England | Charles Babbage
British Dictionary definitions for singularity
/ (ˌsɪŋɡjʊˈlærɪtɪ) /
the state, fact, or quality of being singular
something distinguishing a person or thing from others
something remarkable or unusual
maths
a point at which a function is not differentiable although it is differentiable in a neighbourhood of that point: See also pole 2 (def. 4)
another word for discontinuity
astronomy a hypothetical point in space-time at which matter is infinitely compressed to infinitesimal volume
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Scientific definitions for singularity
[ sĭng′gyə-lăr′ĭ-tē ]
A point of infinite density and infinitesimal volume, at which space and time become infinitely distorted according to the theory of General Relativity. According to the big bang theory, a gravitational singularity existed at the beginning of the universe. Singularities are also believed to exist at the center of black holes.
Mathematics A point at which the derivative does not exist for a given function but every neighborhood of which contains points for which the derivative exists.
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