group vs singleton

group

noun
  • A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another. 

  • A column in the periodic table of chemical elements. 

  • An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter. 

  • A (usually small) group of people who perform music together. 

  • An air force formation. 

  • A number of users with the same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals. 

  • A subset of a culture or of a society. 

  • A functional group. 

  • A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other. 

  • A collection of formations or rock strata. 

  • A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes. 

  • A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse. 

  • A commercial organization. 

  • A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division. 

verb
  • To come together to form a group. 

  • To put together to form a group. 

singleton

noun
  • A single object, especially one of a group. 

  • A single consonant, as opposed to a geminated consonant. 

  • A playing card that is the only one of its suit in a hand, especially at bridge. 

  • A person without a romantic partner. 

  • A hand containing only one card of a certain suit. 

  • A set with exactly one element. 

  • A child or animal that is born singly, not as a twin or other multiple birth. 

  • A person without a dissociative identity. 

  • A class that may not be instantiated more than once, i.e. that implements the singleton design pattern. 

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