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One-way

//wʌn.weɪ// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Allowing movement, vision, etc. in only one direction; unidirectional. not-comparable

    "one-way mirror"

  2. 2
    Allowing travel in only one direction. not-comparable

    "I bought a one-way ticket to Leeds."

  3. 3
    Of a function: easy to compute for every input, but hard to invert given the image of a random input. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    moving or permitting movement in one direction only wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To use a disc harrow to turn the soil and kill weeds, in preparation for planting seeds.

    "Over a period of 10 years, the average yield under stubble-mulch tillage has been 10 percent greater than under one-waying with continuous wheat, and 14 percent greater than under one-waying with wheat on fallow."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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