one-way
Allowing movement, vision, etcAllowing movement, vision, etc. in only one direction; unidirectional.
Meaning
3 senses(not comparable)Allowing movement, vision, etc. in only one direction; unidirectional.
one-way mirror
The town centre is now a system of one-way streets.
moving or permitting movement in one direction only
(not comparable)Allowing travel in only one direction.
I bought a one-way ticket to Leeds.
einfach, unidirektional, Einweg-
в оди́н коне́цv odín konéc, в одну́ сто́ронуv odnú stóronu, односторо́ннийodnostorónnij
(not comparable)Of a function: easy to compute for every input, but hard to invert given the image of a random input.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From one + way. First attested in 1906 in reference to one-way tickets; 1914 in referenceFrom one + way. First attested in 1906 in reference to one-way tickets; 1914 in reference to one-way streets; 1940 in reference to one-way mirrors.
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