SINGULAR TERM

Definition: SINGULAR TERM

SINGULAR TERM

1. (Logic), a term which represents or stands for a single individual. Syn: Unexampled; unprecedented; eminent; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon; rare; unusual; peculiar; strange; odd; eccentric; fantastic.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definition: Singular term

There is no really adequate definition of singular term. Here are some definitions proposed by different writers:

A term that tells us which individual is being talked about (Mill, Prior, Strawson)
A term that is grammatically singular, i.e. a proper name (proprium nomen), a demonstrative pronoun (pronomen demonstrativum) or a demonstrative pronoun with a common name (cum termino communi) (Ockham).
A term that is inherently about the object to which it applies or refers. (Frege)
A term that is true "in the same sense" of only one object (Peter of Spain).

Anagrams: SINGULAR TERM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-l-m-n-r-r-s-t-u"
	-2 letters: garnitures, glutamines, granulites, intermural, multirange, neutralism, resaluting, ringmaster, treasuring.
	-3 letters: antiserum, argentums, arguments, arresting, emigrants, emulating, garniture, gauntries, geraniums, glutamine, gnarliest, granulite, gunmetals, integrals, ligaments, ligatures, lustering, maligners, malingers, mastering, measuring, menstrual, mislearnt, mustering, reslating, resulting, retinular, retinulas, ruminates, ruralites, semilunar, semirural, serrating, signature, strangler, streaming, terminals, trameling, tramlines, triangles, umangites.
	-4 letters: ailments.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-l-m-n-r-r-s-t-u"
	+5 letters: thermoregulations.
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