Single

Entertainment / Baseball / Single: A play in which the batter safely makes it to first base.
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Single Verb Synonyms: unmarried, unwed, unattached, free, celibate
Single Noun Synonyms: separate, distinct, individual, solitary
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Single-Index Model

Business / Finance / Single-Index Model: A model of security returns that acknowledges only one common factor. The single factor is usually the market return. See: Factor model. MORE

Single Effect Theory

Entertainment / Literature / Single Effect Theory: Edgar Allan Poe's theory about what constituted a good short story. According to Poe, a good short story achieved its unity by achieving a single emotional effect on the reader. He writes of it in his MORE

Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)

Science / Genetics / Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP): Dna sequence variations that occur when a single nucleotide (a, t, c, or g) in the genome sequence is altered. MORE

Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)

Technology / Motorcycle / Single Overhead Cam (SOHC): A single cam shaft found in the head or top of the engine that activates the valves. (Compare DOHC). MORE

Single- Gene Disorder

Science / Genetics / Single- Gene Disorder: Hereditary disorder caused by a mutant allele of a single gene (e.g., duchenne muscular dystrophy, retinoblastoma, sickle cell disease). Compare polygenic disorders. MORE

Single-Origin Coffee

Lifestyle / Coffee / Single-Origin Coffee: Unblended coffee from a single country, region, and crop. MORE