singleton — 英語辞典

名詞

1. A playing card that is the only one of its suit in a hand, especially at bridge.

2. A hand containing only one card of a certain suit.

3. A single object, especially one of a group.

4. A class that may not be instantiated more than once, i.e. that implements the singleton design pattern.

5. A set with exactly one element.

6. A child or animal that is born singly, not as a twin or other multiple birth.

   例文

   singleton preterm birth

   その他の例文 (1)

   Viable non-malformed singleton pregnancies were selected for cerebellar measurements; transcerebellar diameter, (TCD), left and right cerebellar diameters (LCD, RCD).

7. A person without a romantic partner.

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   その他の例文 (2)

   The time draws near when pink and red creep insidiously into the periphery, jewelry retailers go into overdrive and drugstore aisles burst with cherubs for the one holiday of the year that separates the singletons from the significant-othered.

   Millennials and Gen Zedders’ approach to romance can teach later-life singletons a thing or two about new relationships, according to dating agent Anna Williamson.

8. A person without a dissociative identity.

   同義語

   singlet

9. A single consonant, as opposed to a geminated consonant.

   例文

   singleton sonorants

10. Synonym of blot.

11. A class offered only once within a school year.

形容詞

1. Of a class offered only once within a school year.

   関連語

   multiton

   例文

   a singleton class

名詞

1. a single object (as distinguished from a pair)

   上位語

   oneIacesingleunity

2. a set containing a single member

   上位語

   set

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

   上位語

   playing card