singlet
pronunciation
How to pronounce singlet in British English:
UK [ˈsɪŋglət]
How to pronounce singlet in American English:
US [ˈsɪŋɡlɪt]
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- Noun:
- a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
Word Origin
- singlet (n.)
- "unlined woolen garment," c. 1746, from single (adj.) in clothing sense of "unlined, of one thickness" (late 14c.) + -et, apparently in imitation of doublet.
Example
- 1. Straighten up your top singlet .
- 2. Scientific proof , the body of singlet oxygen and oxygen free radicals is violation of the body 's own immune system culprit .
- 3. The theory is that the world 's biggest atom smasher might be able to unleash the higgs singlet - a particle that could appear before the collision that produced it .
- 4. Near-infrared phosphorescence emission of singlet molecular oxygen in the sensitized solutions .
- 5. Once energized , the dye forms singlet oxygen , a reactive molecule that kills bacteria .