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unilateral |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Unilateral \U`ni*lat"er*al\, a. [Uni- + lateral: cf F. unilat['e]ral.] 1. Being on one side only; affecting but one side one-sided. 2. (Biol.) Pertaining to one side one-sided; as a unilateral raceme, in which the flowers grow only on one side of a common axis, or are all turned to one side {Unilateral contract} (Law), a contract or engagement requiring future action only by one party. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: unilateral adj 1: involving only one part or side "a unilateral decision" [syn: {one-sided}] [ant: {multilateral}, {bilateral}] 2: tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only [syn: {unilateralist}]
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