Singular adj. 1.Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. (Obs.) "And God forbid that all a company Should rue a singular man's folly."
2.Engaged in by only one on a side; single. (Obs.) "To try the matter thus together in a singular combat."
3.(Logic) Existing by itself; single; individual. "The idea which represents one... determinate thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple, complex, or compound."
4.(Law) Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular.
5.(Gram.) Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; opposed to dual and plural.
6.Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon. "So singular a sadness Must have a cause as strange as the effect."
7.Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments.
8.Departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; often implying disapproval or censure. "His zeal None seconded, as out of season judged, Or singular and rash." "To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy, is not a disparagement, but a praise."
9.Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique. "These busts of the emperors and empresses are all very scarce, and some of them almost singular in their kind."
Singular point in a curve (Math.), a point at which the curve possesses some peculiar properties not possessed by other points of the curve, as a cusp point, or a multiple point.
Singular proposition (Logic), a proposition having as its subject a singular term, or a common term limited to an individual by means of a singular sign.
Singular succession (Civil Law), division among individual successors, as distinguished from universal succession, by which an estate descended in intestacy to the heirs in mass.
Singular term (Logic), a term which represents or stands for a single individual.
Synonyms: Unexampled; unprecedented; eminent; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon; rare; unusual; peculiar; strange; odd; eccentric; fantastic.
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