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Singularity vs Supernova - What's the difference?

singularity | supernova |

As nouns the difference between singularity and supernova

is that singularity is the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual while supernova is supernova.

singularity

English

Noun

  • the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual
  • * Addison
  • I took notice of this little figure for the singularity of the instrument.
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
  • Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the second year the very falling down of the seeds yieldeth corn.
  • a point where all parallel lines meet
  • a point where a measured variable reaches unmeasurable or infinite value
  • (mathematics) the value or range of values of a function for which a derivative does not exist
  • (physics) a point or region in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density; associated with black holes
  • A proposed point in the technological future at which artificial intelligences become capable of augmenting and improving themselves, leading to an explosive growth in intelligence.
  • (obsolete) Anything singular, rare, or curious.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Your gallery Have we passed through, not without much content / In many singularities .
  • (obsolete) Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction.
  • * Hooker
  • No bishop of Rome ever took upon him this name of singularity [universal bishop].
  • * Bishop Pearson
  • Catholicism must be understood in opposition to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation.
  • (obsolete) celibacy
  • (Jeremy Taylor)

    Derived terms

    * nonsingularity * naked singularity

    supernova

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (astronomy) A star which explodes, increasing its brightness to typically a billion times that of our sun, though attenuated by the great distance from our sun. Some leave only debris (Type I); others fade to invisibility as neutron stars (Type II).
  • Derived terms

    * supernova remnant