one-way

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Allowing movement in only one direction; unidirectional.
2. Allowing travel in only one direction.
3. Of a function: easy to compute for every input, but hard to invert given the image of a random input.

Verb

To use a disc harrow to turn the soil and kill weeds, in preparation for planting seeds.

Concepts

aller simple

à sens unique

sens unique

rue à sens unique

Étymologie (Anglais)

From 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.

Phrases

A classic example of a one-way function is multiplication of very large prime numbers .

Un exemple classique d'une fonction à sens unique est la multiplication de très grands nombres premiers.