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Unilateral definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNILAT'ERAL, a. [L. unus, one, and latus, side.]
1. Being on one side or party only. [Unusual.]
2. Having one side.
A unilateral raceme, is when the flowers grow only on one side of the common peduncle.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: involving only one part or side; "unilateral paralysis"; "a unilateral decision" [syn: unilateral, one-sided] [ant: many-sided, multilateral]
2: tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1802 1. a. done or undertaken by one person or party b. of, relating to, or affecting one side of a subject ; one-sided c. constituting or relating to a contract or engagement by which an express obligation to do or forbear is imposed on only one party 2. a. having parts arranged on one side <a unilateral raceme> b. occurring on, performed on, or affecting one side of the body or one of its parts <unilateral exophthalmos> 3. unilineal 4. having only one side • unilaterally adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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. Derivatives: unilaterally adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A unilateral decision or action is taken by only one of the groups, organizations, or countries that are involved in a particular situation, without the agreement of the others. ...unilateral nuclear disarmament. ADJ: usu ADJ n • unilaterally The British Government was careful not to act unilaterally. ADV: ADV with v

Moby Thesaurus

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