singular point

American  

noun

Mathematics.

1. a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.

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Etymology

Origin of singular point

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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singular point

If you’ve been lucky enough to come across one of Harron Walker’s articles in her years as a journalist, you know that she has both a truly singular point of view and incisive wit.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2025

There is ample comedy, she notes, but the “boilerplate characters lack the essential coloration that would help them arrive at a singular point of catharsis the audience could fully share.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2019

With its extravagance and excess, Shaw’s work will not be to everyone’s taste, yet demands to be taken seriously for its sincerity, its technique and its singular point of view.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2019

But on the singular point that defined McCain the warrior, he has been consistent: We don’t have to become bad guys to fight bad guys.

From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2014

That the speaker enjoyed the reputation of being something of a profligate lent singular point to that confession.

From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Lucas Malet