One-way

/wʌn.weɪ/ · adjective

Meaning

Allowing movement, vision, etc. in only one direction; unidirectional..

Definitions by Sense

1. Allowing movement, vision, etc. in only one direction; unidirectional.
2. Allowing travel in only one direction.
3. (computer science) Of a function: easy to compute for every input, but hard to invert given the image of a random input.
4. (agriculture) To use a disc harrow to turn the soil and kill weeds, in preparation for planting seeds.

Example Sentences

one-way mirror

The town centre is now a system of one-way streets.

Traditional feedback collection through pen-and-paper questionnaires and oral reports usually only supplies one-way feedback, from student to teacher.

I bought a one-way ticket to Leeds.

Over a period of 10 years, the average yield under stubble-mulch tillage has been 10 percent greater than under one-waying with continuous wheat, and 14 percent greater than under one-waying with wheat on fallow.

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Word Forms

• one-ways
• one-waying
• one-wayed

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