one-way

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Allowing movement, vision, etc. in only one direction; unidirectional.
2. (not-comparable) Allowing travel in only one direction.
3. (not-comparable) 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.

Opposite of

two-way, bidirectional, round-trip, return

Synonyms

unidirectional

unilateral

simplex

single-pass

unidirection

single trip

uniline

single channel

one-sided

single row

one-way street

single

Translations

aller simple

sens unique

à sens unique

senso unico

de mão única

Hinweg

Einweg-

Einbahn-

μονόδρομος

χωρίς επιστροφή

rue à sens unique

strada a senso unico

di sola andata

eenrichtingsverkeer

Etymology

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.

Sentences

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