singleton

IPA: sˈɪŋgʌɫtʌn

noun

  • (playing cards) A playing card that is the only one of its suit in a hand, especially at bridge.
  • (playing cards) A hand containing only one card of a certain suit.
  • A single object, especially one of a group.
  • (computing) A class that may not be instantiated more than once, i.e. that implements the singleton design pattern.
  • (mathematics) A set with exactly one element.
  • A child or animal that is born singly, not as a twin or other multiple birth.
  • A person without a romantic partner.
  • A person without a dissociative identity.
  • (phonetics) A single consonant, as opposed to a geminated consonant.
  • (uncountable) A placename:
  • A village and civil parish in Fylde borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3838).
  • A suburb in Great Chart with Singleton parish, Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9841).
  • A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8713).
  • A town north-west of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
  • An outer southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
  • A habitational surname from Old English.
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Examples of "singleton" in Sentences

  • For example, the set is a singleton.
  • Colin Singleton used to be a prodigy.
  • Singleton continued to be an avid songwriter.
  • He is a big admirer of the work of John Singleton.
  • Singleton was continuing to be an avid songwriter.
  • An element is inserted by merging it as a singleton.
  • If the index is a singleton set, then it is continuous.
  • Chris Singleton followed with a single to move Cordova to third.
  • Geminate consonants are approximately twice as long and singletons.
  • From the age of sixteen, Henry Singleton worked as a professional portraitist.

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