unilateral
unilateral
Definition
uni·lat·eral (yo̵̅o̅′nə lat′ər əl)
adjective
- of, occurring on, or affecting one side only
- involving or obligating one only of several persons or parties; done or undertaken by one only; not reciprocal a unilateral contract
- taking into account one side only of a matter; one-sided
- unilineal
- turned to one side
- Biol. arranged or produced on one side of an axis
u′ni·lat′·er·al·ism′ noun
u′ni·lat′·er·ally adverb
unilateral
Synonyms
unilateral
modif.
unilateral
Law Definition
adj
Literally, one-sided;
relating to only one of two or more people or things.
unilateral
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- neglect: Examples of unilateral neglect from adult patients who have suffered a stroke.
- disarmament: The Labor Party had a policy of unilateral disarmament during most of the 1980s.
- moratorium: Pakistan has declared a unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests.
- cataract: Visual outcome can still vary markedly however, particularly in the child with unilateral cataract.
- retinoblastoma: Impairment of vision The majority of children with unilateral retinoblastoma have the affected eye removed.
- deafness: Some children with mild or moderate unilateral deafness find a Hearing aid in the ear with deafness helpful.
Modifying Another Word
- usually: Motor weakness was focal, usually unilateral, weakness ( loss of power ) of face, arm, hand, or leg.
- not: The third party right of veto only applies to acts done by agreement, not unilateral acts such as termination for material breach.
- necessarily: But I do not accept that the draft undertakings ( although necessarily unilateral ) are unreasonable or unjustifiable.
- so: The US attitude was so unilateral and high-handed that the DPRK was stunned by it.
- typically: Typically unilateral, posterior headache that can be precipitated mechanically.
- then: If this hypothesis is true, then unilateral neglect should be improved by increasing activation of the sustained attention system.
Used with adjective complement
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