The phrase "a single wipe" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to the action of cleaning or removing something with one motion or application.
Example: "After a long day, all it took was a single wipe to clean the surface of the table."
Alternatives: "one wipe" or "a lone wipe".
Volammetric recordings were only stable for one measurement, but the electrode surface could be replenished following a single wipe of an ethanol soaked lens cloth.
Surface cleaning wipes and antiviral tissues were assayed by a further adaptation of the BSEN14476:2005 Standard in which a single wipe to be tested was rinsed multiple times in room temperature sterile water.
Preliminary testing demonstrated that even the UVM was completely removed with a single wipe using a cloth wet with water (data not shown).
A single wiping motion (defined as a 'poor' clean) was less effective than the Nanoclave Cabinet in reducing contamination levels on the display panel but more effective when used to disinfect the probe receptor and earpiece holder.
The failure of a single project could wipe out a year's profits.
That meant that a single disease could wipe out much of the national crop.
And all it takes is a single illness to wipe out a lifetime of savings," Obama said He added: "Employers aren't faring any better.
It's creating a situation where a single illness can wipe out a lifetime of savings.
Nor did I imagine having to face civil charges by the SEC and plaintiffs' attorneys that in a single stroke could wipe out all the financial assets I had worked so hard to build over a 40-year career.
Some lawmakers have even suggested introducing a single contract to wipe out inequalities between those holding a temporary employment contract and those benefiting from a permanent contract — a proposal the country's socialist government has declined to pursue for now.
Also with a single antiseptic cloth, wipe down instrument(s).
