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A set of one, an item not part of a larger set
A multiplet having a single member, especially a single spectroscopic peak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A set of one, an item not part of a larger set
A quantum state having zero spin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: quantum mechanics
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
Examples
- 2003, Timothy M. Cox, 90: Protoporphyria, Karl M. Kadish, Kevin M. Smith, Roger Guilard, (editors), The Porphyrin Handbook, Volume 14: Medical Aspects of Porphyrins, page 132, When a ground state molecule absorbs a photon, the values of the electron spins are not altered and thus the primary excited state is the singlet state.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A set of one, an item not part of a larger set
A person who does not have a form of multiplicity; a single self or personality occupying one human body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: multiplicity slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: multiple, system
A single piece of clothing
A sleeveless buttonless shirt with a low-cut neck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, Nigeria, Singapore, UK
Examples
- 2000, Nicole Matthews, Kitsch on the Fringe: Suburbia in Recent Australian Comedy Film, Roger Webster, Expanding Suburbia: Reviewing Suburban Narratives, page 176, The semiotics of the singlet - immediately identifiable in Australia, especially in its usual shade of blue, with male manual labourers16 - underlines the contrast between the effete fakery of ballroom costumes and real masculinity to be found underneath or in the world of folk dancing.
- 2009, Deborah Penrith, Live & Work in: Australia, Crimson Publishing, UK, page 192, Women wear dresses, cropped trousers and vests with lightweight linen jackets and you will find men in anything from a business suit to a pair of stubbies (very short shorts) and a singlet top (white vest) or knee-length cargo trousers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: undershirt, vest
Antonyms: none provided
A single piece of clothing
A one-piece, tight-fitting uniform, usually made of spandex or nylon, required in wrestling and powerlifting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Antonyms: none provided
a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vest, undershirt
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: undergarment, unmentionable
Across languages
Translations
111 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
singlet
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Southern Altai:
токум
(tokum)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Arabic:
القميص
(alqamis)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Armenian:
ֆուֆայկա
(fufayka)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Azerbaijani:
ana
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Bambara:
kelen-kelen
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Belarusian:
сако́лка
(sakólka)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Belarusian:
ма́йка
(májka)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Central Bikol:
sando
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Bulgarian:
по́тник
(pótnik)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Catalan:
samarreta
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Chinese Mandarin:
背心
(bèixīn)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Chinese Mandarin:
汗衫
(hànshān)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Czech:
tílko
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Czech:
nátělník
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Danish:
undertrøje
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Dutch:
onderhemd
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Dutch:
singlet
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Esperanto:
subĉemizo
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Estonian:
alussärk
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Estonian:
särgik
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Estonian:
maika
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Finnish:
hihaton aluspaita
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Finnish:
hihaton paita
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Finnish:
hihaton
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Finnish:
vaimonhakkaaja
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Finnish:
vaimonhakkaajapaita
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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French:
marcel
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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French:
maillot de corps
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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French:
débardeur
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Georgian:
მაისურა
(maisura)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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German:
Unterhemd
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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German:
Trägerhemd
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Greek:
φανέλα
(fanéla)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Hebrew:
גּוּפִיָּה
(gufiyá)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Hungarian:
atlétatrikó
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Hungarian:
atléta
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Hungarian:
trikó
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Indonesian:
baju sangkut
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Indonesian:
kaus kutang
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Indonesian:
singlet
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Indonesian:
yukensi
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Isoko:
isimi
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Isoko:
ọfruọkọ
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Italian:
canotta
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Italian:
canottiera
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Japanese:
ランニングシャツ
(ranningu shatsu)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Japanese:
ランニング
(ranningu)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Japanese:
アンダーシャツ
(andāshatsu)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Japanese:
タンクトップ
(tanku toppu)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Japanese:
ベスト
(besuto)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Japanese:
襦袢
(juban)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Kazakh:
ішкөйлек
(ışköilek)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Korean:
민소매 셔츠
(minsomae syeocheu)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Korean:
민소매
(minsomae)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Korean:
나시
(nasi)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Korean:
러닝셔츠
(reoningsyeocheu)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Korean:
러닝
(reoning)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Korean:
난닝구
(nanninggu)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Korean:
탱크톱
(taengkeutop)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Kyrgyz:
токум
(tokum)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Lao:
ເສື້ອດ່ຽວ
(seu diav)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Latin:
interula
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Latvian:
krekls
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Lithuanian:
viengubas
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Macedonian:
маица
(maica)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Malay:
baju sangkut
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Malay:
singlet
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Māori:
hingareti
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Mongolian:
майк
(majk)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Persian:
تک تک
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Polish:
podkoszulek
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Polish:
bokserka
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Polish:
żonobijka
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Portuguese:
regata
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Romanian:
maiou
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Russian:
ма́йка
(májka)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Rwanda-Rundi:
ingaragu
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Serbo-Croatian:
по̏ткошуља
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Serbo-Croatian:
pȍtkošulja
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Slovak:
tielko
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Slovene:
majica (brez rokavov)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Spanish:
musculosa
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Spanish:
camiseta interior
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Spanish:
bividí
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Spanish:
bivirí
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Swedish:
undertröja
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Swedish:
linne
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Tagalog:
sando
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Tamil:
ஒற்றை
(oṟṟai)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Thai:
เสื้อกล้าม
(sʉ̂ʉa-glâam)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Tongan:
falani loto
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Ukrainian:
ма́йка
(májka)
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Venetan:
panciòto
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Vietnamese:
áo mai ô
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Vietnamese:
áo may ô
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Walloon:
purete
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Walloon:
tchimijhete
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Walloon:
flanele
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Welsh:
fest
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Welsh:
festiau
— vest; sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt
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Bulgarian:
трико
— wrestling: one-piece, tight-fitting uniform, usually made of spandex or nylon
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German:
Einteiler
— wrestling: one-piece, tight-fitting uniform, usually made of spandex or nylon
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Hungarian:
mez
— wrestling: one-piece, tight-fitting uniform, usually made of spandex or nylon
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Hungarian:
birkózómez
— wrestling: one-piece, tight-fitting uniform, usually made of spandex or nylon
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Indonesian:
baju gulat
— wrestling: one-piece, tight-fitting uniform, usually made of spandex or nylon
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Polish:
zapaśniczy kostium jednoczęściowy
— wrestling: one-piece, tight-fitting uniform, usually made of spandex or nylon
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Portuguese:
malha
— wrestling: one-piece, tight-fitting uniform, usually made of spandex or nylon
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Persian:
یکتایی
(yektâyi)
— quantum mechanics: quantum state having zero spin
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Polish:
singlet
— quantum mechanics: quantum state having zero spin
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Portuguese:
singleto
— quantum mechanics: quantum state having zero spin
