Definition of single

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Single (n.) The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness..

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One :: One (v. t.) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite; to assimilite.
Zoetrope :: Zoetrope (n.) An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved..
Graille :: Graille (n.) A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers..
Singular :: Singular (a.) Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
Monomial :: Monomial (a.) Consisting of but a single term or expression.
Spare :: Spare (n.) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare..
System :: System (n.) An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal or plant, essential to the performance of some particular function or functions which as a rule are of greater complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as, the capillary system, the muscular system, the digestive system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity..
Verse :: Verse (n.) A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.
Monaxial :: Monaxial (a.) Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; as, monaxial development..
Univalve :: Univalve (n.) A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs..
Several :: Several (a.) Separate; distinct; particular; single.
Single-acting :: Single-acting (a.) Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc..
Conceptualism :: Conceptualism (n.) A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects..
Sea :: Sea (n.) The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea..
Touch :: Touch (v.) A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
Single :: Single (a.) One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star..
Unicentral :: Unicentral (a.) Having a single center of growth.
Impact :: Impact (n.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.
Lid :: Lid (n.) A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti..
Palanquin :: Palanquin (n.) An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, -- used in India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person from place to place..
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