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unigeniture |
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unilateral
| unilateral contract
| unilateral descent
| unilateral paralysis
| unilateralism
| unilateralist
unilateral
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective unilateral has 2 senses
- unilateral(a = adj.all) one-sided - involving only one part or side; "unilateral paralysis"; "a unilateral decision" Antonym: multilateral
- unilateral(s = adj.all) Array - tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
unilateral, a. [Uni- + lateral: cf. F. unilatéral.].
- Being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided. [1913 Webster]
- Pertaining to one side; one-sided; as, a unilateral raceme, in which the flowers grow only on one side of a common axis, or are all turned to one side. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
unilateral, adj.
1 performed by or affecting only one person or party (unilateral disarmament; unilateral declaration of independence).
2 one-sided.
3 (of the parking of vehicles) restricted to one side of the street.
4 (of leaves) all on the same side of the stem.
5 (of a line of descent) through ancestors of one sex only.
1 performed by or affecting only one person or party (unilateral disarmament; unilateral declaration of independence).
2 one-sided.
3 (of the parking of vehicles) restricted to one side of the street.
4 (of leaves) all on the same side of the stem.
5 (of a line of descent) through ancestors of one sex only.
Derivative
unilaterally adv.
THESAURUS
unilateral
bifacial, bilateral, dihedral, flanked, handed, lateral, many-sided, monadal, monadic, multilateral, one-piece, one-sided, polyhedral, quadrilateral, sided, tetrahedral, three-sided, trihedral, trilateral, triquetrous, two-sided, uniangulate, unibivalent, unibranchiate, unicameral, unicellular, unicuspid, unidentate, unidigitate, unidimensional, unidirectional, uniflorous, unifoliate, unifoliolate, unigenital, uniglobular, unilinear, uniliteral, unilobed, unilobular, unimodular, unimolecular, uniocular, unipart, unipartite, unipolar, univalent, univocal
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