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singlet Definition

sin·glet (siŋ′glit)

noun

  1. Brit. a man's undershirt, esp. a sleeveless one
  2. Austral., N.Z. a short-sleeved or sleeveless knit top, as a T-shirt or tank top
  3. any single thing that usually exists in combination; specif., an atom that is freed from combination by being raised to a higher energy level, as an atom of oxygen in a cell excited by a laser or sunlight, that becomes destructive

Etymology: < single, modeled on doublet

singlet Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • wear: Wearing a singlet or stripping to the waist can make a man invulnerable to bullets.

Adjective modifier

  • black: Structured black singlets worn with A-line plaid skirts had something of the ' choir girl ' about them.
  • low: This time, the ground state really is a closed shell low spin singlet.

Modifies a noun

  • oxygen: This produces a highly reactive form of the oxygen, termed singlet oxygen, which causes lethal destruction within the cancer cell.
  • exchange: The studies of color singlet exchange between jets at HERA was inspired by earlier studies at the Tevatron.
  • state: The triplet state is of a lower electronic energy than the excited singlet state.
  • vest: He's very tall and well built and arrived in a singlet vest, with oiled muscles rippling, and was very aggressive!
  • lens: Doublet lenses are used to produce a higher quality image than singlet lenses of which they easily out perform, even in monochromatic light.
  • ground: The real C 2 molecule is however a singlet ground state, i.e. .

Noun used with modifier

  • color: The studies of color singlet exchange between jets at HERA was inspired by earlier studies at the Tevatron.
  • open-shell: EXCITED ( C ) The state to be calculated is the first excited open-shell singlet state.
  • shell: As a closed shell singlet, 7 is planar and aromatic, with C 2v symmetry.