From: jonathan <zjll9@...>
Date: 2005-12-15T07:03:17+09:00
Subject: Re: About class methods

Logan Capaldo wrote:
> Just for comparision:
> singleton |ˈsi ng gəltən| |ˌsɪŋgəlt(ə)n| |ˌsɪŋg(ə)lt(ə)n|
> noun
> a single person or thing of the kind under consideration : splitting
> the clumps of plants into singletons.
> • [often as adj. ] a child or animal born singly, rather than one of
> a multiple birth : singleton boys.
> • (in card games, esp. bridge) a card that is the only one of its
> suit in a hand.
> • Mathematics & Logic a set that contains exactly one element.
> ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from single , on the pattern of simpleton.

What is the source of this definition?  This could be my vindication. :)

--J

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