Associations to the word «Singlet»

Wiktionary

SINGLET, noun. (UK) (Australian) (Irish) (Nigeria) (New Zealand) A vest; a sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt.
SINGLET, noun. (physics) A multiplet having a single member, especially a single spectroscopic peak.
SINGLET, noun. (physics) (quantum mechanics) A quantum state having zero spin.
SINGLET OXYGEN, noun. (physics) (chemistry) A metastable state of molecular oxygen that has a slightly higher energy than normal triplet oxygen, and is more chemically reactive.

Dictionary definition

SINGLET, noun. A collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats