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Singularity or singular point may refer to:

Science, technology, and mathematics

Mathematical singularity, a point at which a given mathematical object is not defined or not "well-behaved", for example infinite or not differentiable

Singular point of a curve, where the curve is not given by a smooth embedding of a parameter
Singular point of an algebraic variety, a point where an algebraic variety is not locally flat
Rational singularity

Essential singularity, a singularity near which a function exhibits extreme behavior
Isolated singularity, a mathematical singularity that has no other singularities close to it
Movable 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

Singularity (system theory), in dynamical and social systems, a context in which a small change can cause a large effect
Gravitational singularity, a region in spacetime in which tidal gravitational forces become infinite
- Initial singularity, a hypothesized singularity of infinite density before quantum fluctuations caused the Big Bang and subsequent inflation that created the Universe
Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems, theorems in general relativity theory about when gravitation produces singularities such as black holes
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
Van Hove singularity in the density of states of a material

Singularity (operating system), an operating system developed by Microsoft Research written in managed code
Mechanical singularity, a position or configuration of a mechanism or a machine where the subsequent behavior cannot be predicted
Technological singularity, a hypothetical moment in time when any physically conceivable level of technological advancement is attained instantaneously
Singularity (software), a container technology that does not require root permissions to run

"Singularity", a first season episode of Disney's So Weird
"Singularity" (Star Trek: Enterprise), a second season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
"The Singularity" (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), a third season episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
"Singularity", a first season episode of Stargate SG-1
The Singularity (film), a 2012 documentary about the technological singularity
Singularity (2017 film), American science fiction film starring John Cusack
Singularity, the working title for The Lovers, starring Josh Hartnett and Bipasha Basu

Singularity (Sleator novel), a 1985 science-fiction novel by William Sleator
Singularity (DeSmedt novel), a 2004 novel by Bill DeSmedt
Singularity (audio drama), a 2005 Doctor Who audio drama
Singularity 7, a graphic novel by Ben Templesmith
The Singularity Is Near, a 2005 book by Ray Kurzweil on the technological singularity
Temporal singularity, or point of divergence, in speculative fiction

"Singularity" (song), a song by South Korean boy band BTS from the 2018 album Love Yourself: Tear
"Singularity", a song by Textures on the 2011 album Dualism
"Singularity", a song by Born of Osiris on the 2011 album The Discovery
"Singularity", a song by Steve Aoki & Angger Dimas featuring My Name Is Kay, 2013
"Singularity", a song by Tesseract on the 2013 album Altered State
"Singularity", a song by New Order on the 2015 album Music Complete
"The Singularity", a song by Doctor Steel on the 2002 album People of Earth
"Intro: Singularity", a song by Kim Taehyung (V, of BTS) on the 2018 album Tear

Singularity University, a California Benefit Corporation part university, part think-tank, part business incubator, based on Ray Kurzweil's theory of technological singularity
Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), formerly "The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence" (SIAI)
- Singularity Summit, its annual conference