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Being only one of a larger population; single, individual. +

Being the only one of the kind; unique. +

Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary. +

Out of the ordinary; curious. +

(grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.

(of matrix) Having no inverse. +

(of transformation) Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.

(of a cardinal number) Not equal to its own (cofinality).

(law) Each; individual.

(obsolete) Engaged in by only one on a side; single.

(Q110786)(grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.

(logic) That which is not general; a specific determinate instance.