'Unilateral' definitions:
Definition of 'unilateral'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Involving only one part or side; "unilateral paralysis"; "a unilateral decision" [syn: unilateral, one-sided] [ant: many-sided, multilateral]
adjective
Tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only
Definition of 'Unilateral'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Unilateral contract (Law), a contract or engagement requiring future action only by one party. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'unilateral'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bifacial,
- bilateral,
- dihedral,
- flanked,
- handed,
- lateral,
- many-sided,
- monadal,
- monadic,
- multilateral,
- one-piece,
- one-sided,
- polyhedral,
- quadrilateral,
- sided,
- tetrahedral,
- three-sided,
- trihedral,
- trilateral,
- triquetrous,
- two-sided,
- uniangulate,
- unibivalent,
- unibranchiate,
- unicameral,
- unicellular,
- unicuspid,
- unidentate,
- unidigitate,
- unidimensional,
- unidirectional,
- uniflorous,
- unifoliate,
- unifoliolate,
- unigenital,
- uniglobular,
- unilinear,
- uniliteral,
- unilobed,
- unilobular,
- unimodular,
- unimolecular,
- uniocular,
- unipart,
- unipartite,
- unipolar,
- univalent,
- univocal