What is a word to describe the state of singularity?

Question

When we have reached as far back into some history as we can theoretically go, like for instance in describing the precise theoretical moment when time began we have reached a singularity. Is there a word to describe that state? It seems like the obvious answer is 'singular'. To us it in a sentence I might say: > The moment when time began is the singular moment in history. My question is two-fold: 1. Would this be the correct use of the word singular? 2. Is their another word I could use instead of singular? **Edit** Based on the comments below it would appear that the answer to my first question is no. I will amend my example sentence to be: The moment time began is the ________ moment in history. So my question is what is the best word to fill in the blank? Another example that describes the concept that I am looking for would be a train moving from a complete stop. There is a precise moment when a train begins to move, though most often we describe that moment in terms of two distinct states when it was moving and when it was still. I am looking for the word to describe the moment when the movement began. I know that it is an infinitely dense moment and that is described by singularity. I am looking for the tense of that word, singularity, that completes the sentence.

Answer 1

The sentence examples you used are a bit redundant. Also, the definition of singular doesn't mean that history cannot be filled with millions of singular moments, things and events.

You could simplify and still convey your intent with sentences like one of these: History began with the first recorded moment. The moment when time began will forever be unique.

If I want to fill in the blank of one of your sentences, I would choose the following and come up with a good result that also conveys your intent: The moment time began is the __a unique__ moment in history.

There are plenty of possibilities and no limit to the fun one could have with your singularity challenge, such as substituting "single" for it. Good luck!