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'Singularity' may refer to:
In 'mathematics':

★ Essential singularity, a singularity near which a function exhibits extreme behavior

★ Isolated singularity, a mathematical singularity that has no other singularities close to it

★ Mathematical singularity, a point at which a given mathematical object is not defined

★ Movable singularity, a concept in singularity theory

★ Rational singularity, a concept in singularity theory

★ Removable singularity, a point at which a function is not defined but at which it can be so defined that it is continuous at the singularity

★ Singular point of an algebraic variety, a point where an algebraic variety is not locally flat

★ Singularity theory, Theory which deals with these concepts
In 'science':

★ Gravitational singularity, a point in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density and zero volume

★ Mechanical singularity, a position or configuration of a mechanism or a machine where the subsequent behaviour cannot be predicted

★ Prandtl-Glauert singularity, the point at which a sudden drop in air pressure occurs

★ Singularity (climate), a weather phenomenon associated with a specific calendar date

★ Technological singularity, a theoretical point in the development of a scientific civilization
In 'television':

★ "Singularity" (Enterprise episode), a second season episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise''

★ "Singularity" (Stargate SG-1 episode), a first season episode of ''Stargate SG-1''
In 'other fields':

★ ''Singularity'' (Doctor Who audio), a ''Doctor Who'' audio drama

★ Singularity (operating system), an operating system research project by Microsoft

★ ''Singularity'' (novel), a novel by Bill DeSmedt published by Per Aspera Press in 2004

★ ''Singularity'' (Mae album), a 2007 album by Mae