Single may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
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Single (music)
In music, a single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record or an album. One can be released for sale to the public in a variety of formats. In most cases, a single is a song that is released separat ...
, a song release
Songs
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"Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004
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"Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
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"Single" (William Wei song), 2016
* "Single", by Meghan Trainor from the album ''
Only 17''
Sports
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Single (baseball)
In baseball, a single is the most common type of base hit, accomplished through the act of a batter safely reaching first base by hitting a fair ball (thus becoming a runner) and getting to first base before a fielder puts him out. As an except ...
, the most common type of base hit
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Single (cricket) {{unreferenced, date=November 2008
In cricket, a single is scored when the batsman take one run, either following a successful shot (with the run attributed to the on-strike batsman) or when running for a bye or leg bye (counted as an extra).
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, point in cricket
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Single (football), Canadian football point
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Single-speed bicycle
Transportation
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Single-cylinder engine, an internal combustion engine design with one cylinder, or a motorcycle using such engine
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Single (locomotive)
In railway terminology, a single is a steam locomotive with a single pair of driving wheels. Some sources use 'Single' only for the 2-2-2 type, also known as a Jenny Lind locomotive, but more commonly singles could have any number of leading or t ...
, a steam locomotive with a single pair of driving wheels
* As a verb: to convert a double-track railway to a
single-track railway
A single-track railway is a railway where trains traveling in both directions share the same track. Single track is usually found on lesser-used rail lines, often branch lines, where the level of traffic is not high enough to justify the co ...
Other uses
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Single (mathematics)
In mathematics, a tuple is a finite ordered list (sequence) of elements. An -tuple is a sequence (or ordered list) of elements, where is a non-negative integer. There is only one 0-tuple, referred to as ''the empty tuple''. An -tuple is defi ...
(1-tuple), a list or sequence with only one element
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Single person
In legal definitions for interpersonal status, a single person refers to a person who is not in committed relationships, or is not part of a civil union. In common usage, the term 'single' is often used to refer to someone who is not involved in ...
, a person who is not in a committed relationship
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Single precision
Single-precision floating-point format (sometimes called FP32 or float32) is a computer number format, usually occupying 32 bits in computer memory; it represents a wide dynamic range of numeric values by using a floating radix point.
A floating- ...
, a computer numbering format that occupies one storage location in computer memory at a given address
* "Single", a slang term for a
United States one-dollar bill
The United States one-dollar bill ($1), sometimes referred to as a single, has been the lowest value denomination of United States paper currency since the discontinuation of U.S. fractional currency notes in 1876. An image of the first U.S. ...
* A type of
bet offered by UK bookmakers
See also
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Alone (disambiguation)
ALONE is a charity organization in Ireland which was set-up to highlight the issues facing older people living alone. Founded in 1977 by Willie Bermingham, the charity seeks to help elderly people living on their own who may feel isolated and lone ...
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Singel (disambiguation) Singel is one of the canals of Amsterdam.
Singel may also refer to:
* ''Singel'' (album), by Lars Winnerbäck (2001)
* Amy van Singel (1949-2016), American blues journalist and radio host
* Mark Singel (born 1953), American politician
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Single-ended (disambiguation) Single-ended may refer to:
* Single ended recuperative burner, a type of gas burner used in industrial furnaces
* Single-ended signaling, the simplest commonly used method of transmitting electrical signals over wires
* Single-ended triode
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Singles (disambiguation)
Singles are people not in a committed relationship.
Singles may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series
* ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe
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