Definitions from Wiktionary (singularity)

▸ noun:  The state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual.
▸ noun:  An unusual action or behaviour.
▸ noun:  A point where all parallel lines meet.
▸ noun:  A point where a measured variable reaches unmeasurable or infinite value.
▸ noun:  (mathematics) The value or range of values of a function for which a derivative does not exist.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Anything singular, rare, or curious.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction.
▸ noun:  Celibacy, singleness (as contrasted with marriage).
▸ noun:  (technology) The technological singularity.
▸ noun:  (physics) Ellipsis of gravitational singularity: a point or region in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density; associated with black holes. [(physics) A location where the quantities that are used to measure the gravitational field become infinite in a way that does not depend on the coordinate system.]
▸ noun:  (sometimes capitalized) Ellipsis of technological singularity: a hypothetical turning point in the future, the culmination of ever-accelerating technological progress, when human history as we have known it ends, and a strange new era begins. For some writers, the catalyst is superhuman machine intelligence. [A hypothetical future event in human history caused by the ever-increasing ability of new technology to speed up the rate at which new technology is developed.]
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