Singular vs Complex - What's the difference?
singular | complex |
Being only one of a larger population.
Being the only one of the kind; unique.
* Addison
* Chaucer
Distinguished by superiority; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional.
Out of the ordinary; curious.
* Denham
* Milton
(grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.
(linear algebra, of matrix) Having no inverse.
(linear algebra, of transformation) Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.
(set theory, of a cardinal number) Not equal to its own .
(legal) Each; individual.
(obsolete) Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
* Holinshed
Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
* John Locke
Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
* Whewell
(mathematics) Of a number, of the form a + bi'', where ''a'' and ''b'' are real numbers and ''i is a square root of −1.
(geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
A problem.
A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
Assemblage of related things; collection.
* South
A psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.
An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
(chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (chemistry) To form a complex with another substance
As adjectives the difference between singular and complex
is that singular is singular (linear algebra: of matrix: having no inverse) while complex is made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.As a noun complex is
a problem.As a verb complex is
(chemistry|intransitive) to form a complex with another substance.singular
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Alternative forms
* (abbreviation):Adjective
(en adjective)- A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.
- She has a singular personality.
- These busts of the emperors and empresses are all very scarce, and some of them almost singular in their kind.
- And God forbid that all a company / Should rue a singular man's folly.
- (Francis Bacon)
- a man of singular gravity or attainments
- It was very singular ; I don't know why he did it.
- So singular a sadness / Must have a cause as strange as the effect.
- His zeal / None seconded, as out of season judged, / Or singular and rash.
- to convey several parcels of land, all and singular
- to try the matter thus together in a singular combat
Synonyms
* (being only one) individual * (being the only one of a kind) unique * (distinguished by superiority) exceptional, extraordinary, remarkable * (being out of the ordinary) curious, eccentric, funny, odd, peculiar, strange, rum, rummy, unusual * non-invertibleAntonyms
* plural * invertible, non-singularDerived terms
* singularity * singularizeAntonyms
* pluralExternal links
* * *See also
* * simplex * simple * single * singulusAnagrams
* ----complex
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(wikipedia complex)Adjective
(complex number) (en adjective)- a complex''' being; a '''complex idea
- Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex ; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe.
- When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is difficult and complex .
- complex function
Synonyms
* (not simple) complicated, detailed, difficult, hard, intricate, involved, toughAntonyms
* (not simple) basic, easy, simple, straightforwardDerived terms
* complexity * complexnessNoun
- This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel.
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