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singleton

 
Dictionary: sin·gle·ton   (sĭng'gəl-tən) pronunciation
 
n.
  1. Games. A playing card that is the only one of its suit in a player's hand.
    1. An individual separated or distinguished from two or more of its group.
    2. An offspring born alone.

[From the name Singleton (influenced by SINGLE).]


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WordNet: singleton
 
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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a single object (as distinguished from a pair)

Meaning #2: a set containing a single member

Meaning #3: the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt


 
Wikipedia: Singleton
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Singleton may refer to

Singleton may also be

  • A character encoded with one unit in variable-width encoding schemes for computer character sets
  • A person that is not a twin or other multiple birth
  • A self-description of individuals without romantic partners, particularly applied to women in their thirties introduced in the novel and film Bridget Jones's Diary
  • Singleton, a short story by Greg Egan
  • An empty tag or self-closing tag in XHTML or XML coding
  • A single card in a suit, as part of a hand in Bridge
  • In linguistics, a consonant that is not a geminate

Places named Singleton

People with the surname Singleton


 
Translations: Singleton
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - enkelt individ, enkelt kort i en farve

Nederlands (Dutch)
iets dat op zichzelf bestaat/voorkomt

Français (French)
n. - (gén) exemple unique, (Math) singleton, singleton (jeux)

Deutsch (German)
n. - blanke Karte

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μοναχοπαίδι, (στο μπριτζ κ.λπ.) μονό χαρτί

Italiano (Italian)
carta singola

Português (Portuguese)
n. - carta (f) isolada de um naipe, filho (m) único

Русский (Russian)
вещь не имеющая пары, единичный предмет

Español (Spanish)
n. - única carta de un palo, semifallo, persona o cosa sola, hijo único

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - singelkort, enkelkort

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
一个, 单独, 独身

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 一個, 單獨, 獨身

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 하나씩 일어남, 단독 개체, (쌍둥이에 대해) 단생아

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ばらばらの単独個体, 単生児, 一枚札

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألوليد ألمفرد, ألورقه ألمفردة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קלף בודד, ילד/גור שנולד לבדו, אדם בודד‬


 
 
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