Dictionary Definition
singleton
Noun
1 a single object (as distinguished from a
pair)
2 a set containing a single member
3 the playing card that is the only card in a
suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- In the context of "playing cards": A playing card that is the only one of its suit in a hand, especially at bridge.
- A single object, especially one of a group.
- In the context of "computer science": A design pattern to force a class to have no more than one instance at any given time.
- In the context of "computer science": A class that may not be instantiated more than once at a time, i.e. that implements the singleton design pattern.
- In the context of "math": A set with just one element.
Derived terms
- italbrac design pattern singleton pattern
Translations
playing card
- Dutch: bloot kaart, singleton
single object
- Dutch: enkeling
- Finnish: ainokainen
design pattern
- Dutch: singleton
class
- Dutch: singleton
set
- Dutch: singleton, eenelementig verzameling
- Portuguese: conjunto unitário
Dutch
Pronunciation
- siŋɘltɔn
Noun
- A singleton (lone playing card).
- A singleton (design pattern, class, set).
Extensive Definition
Singleton may refer to:
- Singleton (mathematics), a set with exactly one element in mathematics
- Singleton pattern, a design pattern used in software engineering
- Singleton bound, used in coding theory
- Singleton field, used in conformal field theory
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
Places named Singleton
- Singleton, New South Wales, Australia
- Singleton, Western Australia, Australia
- Singleton, Lancashire, England
- Singleton, West Sussex, England
- Singleton, Kent, England
People with the surname Singleton
- Al Singleton (born 1975), American football linebacker
- Alex Singleton (born 1979), President of the Globalisation Institute
- Alvin Singleton (born 1940), American composer
- Benjamin "Pap" Singleton (1809-1892), African American separatist leader
- Billy Singleton (born 1968), British basketball player
- Charles Laverne Singleton (1959-2004), executed inmate
- Chris Singleton (born 1977), Irish musician
- Chris Singleton (American football) (born 1967), American football player
- Chris Singleton (baseball player) (born 1972), American baseball player
- Dave Singleton, American writer
- Henry Singleton, co-founder of Teledyne
- James Singleton (basketball) (born 1981), American professional basketball player
- John Singleton (born 1968), American film director, producer, and screenwriter
- John Singleton (Australian entrepreneur) (born 1942)
- Ken Singleton (born 1947), sports commentator, former professional baseball player
- Kenneth Singleton, American economist
- Lawrence Singleton (1927-2001), American criminal
- Michael Singleton (1913–2002), English cricketer
- Mike Singleton (born 1951), British programmer
- Penny Singleton (1908–2003), American actress
- Roger Singleton-Turner, British television director
- Sandy Singleton (1914-1999), English cricketer
- Sasha Singleton (born 1978), American model and dancer
- Valerie Singleton (born 1937), British television and radio presenter
- Walter K. Singleton (1944-1967), Medal of Honor recipient
- William Dean Singleton, founder and CEO of MediaNews Group
- Zutty Singleton (1898-1975), American jazz drummer
singleton in German: Singleton
singleton in Spanish: Singulete
singleton in French: Singleton
singleton in Dutch: Singleton
singleton in Polish: Singleton
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ace,
article, best bower,
bower, cards, clubs, deck, deuce, diamonds, dummy, entity, face cards, flush, full house, hand, hearts, individual, integer, item, jack, joker, king, knave, left bower, module, pack, pair, person, persona, picture cards, playing
cards, point, queen, round, royal flush, rubber, ruff, single, soul, spades, straight, trey, trick, trump, unit