singular point

noun Mathematics.

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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Nearby words

singlish, singly, singsong, singspiel, singular, singular point, singularity, singularize, singulary, singulative, singultus

Origin of singular point

First recorded in 1885–90

Also called singularity.

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