Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Moving or operating in one direction only.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having, or moving in, only one direction; not subject to reversals or changes of direction: said of a direct electric current, or sometimes of a magnetic field of which the lines of force are fixed as to direction.
- In electricity, noting currents which flow in the same direction round a circuit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to only one
direction , e.g.: where all component parts are aligned in the same direction in space.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective operating or moving or allowing movement in one direction only
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* Built-in unidirectional microphone with acoustic noise cancellation
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Both of these movements for "social justice" were unidirectional, that is, movement in one direction only: empowering people of color at the expense of ethnic European whites and women at the expense of men.
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Both of these movements for “social justice†were unidirectional, that is, movement in one direction only: empowering people of color at the expense of ethnic European whites and women at the expense of men.
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Although they expect the dollar to fall, analysts at KBC Bank said the recent, nearly "unidirectional" currency trade was troubling.
Widespread dollar fall continues as fears about crunch re-emerge 2008
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By demonstrating one-way or "unidirectional" airflow within the lungs of alligators, the new study - published in the Friday, Jan. 15 issue of the journal Science - means that such a breathing pattern likely evolved before 246 million years ago, when crocodilians split from the branch of the archosaur family tree that led to pterosaurs, dinosaurs and birds.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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By demonstrating one-way or "unidirectional" airflow within the lungs of alligators, the new study - published in the Friday, Jan. 15 issue of the journal Science - means that such a breathing pattern likely evolved before 246 million years ago, when crocodilians split from the branch of the archosaur family tree that led to pterosaurs, dinosaurs and birds.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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As the scientists explained, most previous methods for energy conversion enhancement have been "unidirectional," meaning they don't take advantage of using the energy generated from the device itself as input energy.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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By demonstrating one-way or "unidirectional" airflow within the lungs of alligators, the new study - published in the Friday, Jan. 15 issue of the journal Science - means that such a breathing pattern likely evolved before 246 million years ago, when crocodilians split from the branch of the archosaur family tree that led to pterosaurs, dinosaurs and birds.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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By demonstrating one-way or "unidirectional" airflow within the lungs of alligators, results of the new study suggest that such a breathing pattern likely evolved before 246 million years ago, when crocodilians split from the branch of the archosaur family tree that led to pterosaurs, dinosaurs and birds.
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By demonstrating one-way or "unidirectional" airflow within the lungs of alligators, the new study - published in the Friday, Jan. 15 issue of the journal Science - means that such a breathing pattern likely evolved before 246 million years ago, when crocodilians split from the branch of the archosaur family tree that led to pterosaurs, dinosaurs and birds.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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