Lars T. Kyllingstad wrote:
Plurality, Singularity, ..
BTW, is "singularity" ever used to describe one-ness? (I know "singular"
is, but I'm not so sure about the "-ty"-form".) In all contexts I have
encountered it, it means infinite-ness. I'd think "unity" was the right
word.
-Lars
# S: (n) singularity, uniqueness (the quality of being one of a kind)
"that singularity distinguished him from all his companions"
# S: (n) singularity (strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual)
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=singularity
Then again
# In mathematics, a singularity is in general a point at which a given
mathematical object is not defined, or a point of an exceptional set
where it fails to be well-behaved in some particular way, such as
differentiability. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_(maths)
# the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual;
a point where all parallel lines meet; a point where a measured variable
reaches unmeasurable or infinite value; the value or range of values of
a function for which a derivative does not exist; a point or region in ...
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/singularity
# location where the fabric of space or spacetime suffers a devastating
rupture.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/glossary.html
Which now leaves me totally confused as to correct usage! :-)
