From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A set of one , an item not part of a larger set , [particularly:]
1. [en] A multiplet having a single member, especially a single spectroscopic peak .
2. [en] A quantum state having zero spin .
3. * 2003 , Timothy M. Cox, _90: Protoporphyria_ , Karl M. Kadish, Kevin M. Smith, Roger Guilard, (editors), _The Porphyrin Handbook_ , Volume 14: Medical Aspects of Porphyrins, |%22singlets%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=ukxKz71ePt&sig=EUUJK5Ad8WvNnvggQptZfQQvilI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1AhMUMr-I--QiQeLyYH4BQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22singlet%22 | %22singlets%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 132 (see http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4AU_U6TFXx8C&pg=PA132&lpg=PA132&dq=%22singlet%22) ,
4. *: When a ground state molecule absorbs a photon, the values of the electron spins are not altered and thus the _primary_ excited state is the SINGLET state.
5. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2010 | author=Donald L. Pavia; Gary M. Lampman; George S. Kriz; Randall G. Engel | title=A Small Scale Approach to Organic Laboratory Techniques | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-AVfDSu-Z7oC&pg=PA416&lpg=PA416&dq=%22singlet%22%7C%22singlets%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=X2y6g6S0ey&sig=k23EKZ_yse9LRTyFse_Iy5wo9eM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1AhMUMr-I--QiQeLyYH4BQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22singlet%22%7C%22singlets%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false | page=416
|passage=However, even if it were possible to supply benzophenone with
radiation of the appropriate wavelength to produce the second excited SINGLET
state of the molecule, this SINGLET would rapidly convert to the lowest
SINGLET state (S1).}}
1. [en] A person who does not have a form of multiplicity ; a single self or personality occupying one human body.
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=2016 | author=Lori F. Clarke | title=Embracing Polyphony: Voices, Improvisation, and the Hearing Voices Network | journal=Intersectionalities: A Global Journal of 2016 Social Work Analysis, Research, Polity, and Practice | volume=5 | issue=2 | page=6
|passage= SINGLET and monocultural identity is so normalized that many voice
hearers and plurals don’t share their experiences with anyone, living in
isolation (and sometimes in poverty) and spending considerable inner resources
to manage postures and performances of ‘mental health’.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2017 | author=Gergő Ribáry; László Lajtai; Zsolt Demetrovics; Aniko Maraz | chapter=Multiplicity: An Explorative Interview Study on Personal Experiences of People with Multiple Selves | chapterurl=https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00938/full | title=Frontiers in Psychology
|passage=Her system started when she was 17 years old: “We were not created by
trauma. It started from being a SINGLET (one body, one person), but then, we
lost our sense of self. [...]}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=2020 | author=Elizabeth Schechter | title=What we can learn about respect and identity from plurals | journal=JPCA Mag | issue=1 | titleurl=https://issuu.com/jpcalab/docs/jpca_print_issue | page=38
|passage=More strongly, respect might require that SINGLETS themselves accept,
in the context of interacting with plurals, that people are truly distinct
people.}}
1. * [en]
1. A single piece of clothing , [particularly:]
1. [en] A sleeveless buttonless shirt with a low-cut neck.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1949 | author=George Orwell | title=Nineteen Eighty-Four | page=28
|passage=Winston wrenched his body out of bed — naked, for a member of the
Outer Party received only 3,000 clothing coupons annually, and a suit of
pyjamas was 600 — and seized a dingy SINGLET and a pair of shorts that were
lying across a chair.}}
1. * 2000 , Nicole Matthews, _Kitsch on the Fringe: Suburbia in Recent Australian Comedy Film_ , Roger Webster, _Expanding Suburbia: Reviewing Suburban Narratives_ , |%22singlets%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=VcjM2r42Uj&sig=tGEcjoVrM6_Nd_TQZwPHVfG4y1c&hl=en&sa=X&ei=U3BMUObeL4mfiQe9poDIAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22singlet%22 | %22singlets%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 176 (see http://books.google.com.au/books?id=8ll9qbYtYaAC&pg=PA176&lpg=PA176&dq=%22singlet%22) ,
2. *: The semiotics of the SINGLET - immediately identifiable in Australia, especially in its usual shade of blue, with male manual labourers <sup> 16 </sup> - underlines the contrast between the effete fakery of ballroom costumes and real masculinity to be found underneath or in the world of folk dancing.
3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2006 | author=Albert Moran; Errol Vieth | title=Film in Australia: An Introduction | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wblleokSTSkC&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=%22singlet%22%7C%22singlets%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=I_P2vKwF4G&sig=V5U3O3wyPrC7UH9lkHYiTlFl5ZQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=U3BMUObeL4mfiQe9poDIAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22singlet%22%7C%22singlets%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false | page=85
|passage=However, even in the latter he wears a blue SINGLET to help remind
the audience of his working-class roots.}}
1. * 2009 , Deborah Penrith, _Live & Work in: Australia_ , Crimson Publishing, UK, |%22singlets%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 192 (see https://web.archive.org/web/20160920030408/https://books.google.com.au/books?id=7q6RZmrxKaEC&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&dq=%22singlet%22%7C%22singlets%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=quwXfDXyg7&sig=j6YTv8kMn-Z5aWinBAMT1BXfLs4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=U3BMUObeL4mfiQe9poDIAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22singlet%22) ,
2. *: Women wear dresses, cropped trousers and vests with lightweight linen jackets and you will find men in anything from a business suit to a pair of stubbies (very short shorts) and a SINGLET top (white vest) or knee-length cargo trousers.
3. [en] A one-piece, tight-fitting uniform , usually made of spandex or nylon , required in wrestling and powerlifting .
**** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
**** Translations
[vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bambara: [bm]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bikol Central: [bcl]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et] , [et] , [et]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id] , [id] , [id]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja] , [ja] , [ja] , [ja] [worn under a kimono]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko] , [ko]
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms] [Riau] , [ms] [Malay Peninsula]
- Maori: [mi]
- Mongolian:
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Rwanda-Rundi: [rw]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl] [brez rokavov]
- Southern Altai: [alt]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] [Peru]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Thai: [th]
- Tongan: [to]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Venetan: [vec]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Walloon: [wa] , [wa] , [wa]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[wrestling: one-piece, tight-fitting uniform, usually made of spandex or
nylon]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Portuguese: [pt]
[trans-bottom]
[quantum mechanics: quantum state having zero spin]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Persian: [fa]
- Portuguese: [pt]
[trans-bottom]
*** Anagrams
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[en]
** Dutch
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [nl].
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Noun
[m]
1. a [en] , short, sleeveless type of shirt , worn alone (as in sports) or as undershirt ; originally only for men
** Welsh
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [cy].[1]
*** Pronunciation
- [cy]
*** Noun
[f]
1. [cy] vest , [en] [2]
*** References
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[cy]