Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unilateral"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unilateral \U`ni*lat"er*al\, a. [Uni- + lateral: cf. F.
unilat['e]ral.]
1. Being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided.
2. (Biol.) 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.
{Unilateral contract} (Law), a contract or engagement
requiring future action only by one party.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
unilateral
adj 1: involving only one part or side; "unilateral paralysis"; "a
unilateral decision" [syn: {one-sided}] [ant: {multilateral},
{bilateral}]
2: tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal
line only [syn: {unilateralist}]
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