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Unilateral   /jˌunəlˈætərəl/   Listen
Unilateral

adjective
1.
Involving only one part or side.  Synonym: one-sided.  "A unilateral decision"  Antonym: multilateral.
2.
Tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only.



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"Unilateral" Quotes from Famous Books



... the members of this family is not great in the mass, but is of singular interest in detail. There are two principal genera—1. Branchiostoma Costa, having paired sexual organs (gonadic pouches); 2. Heteropleuron Kirkaldy, with unilateral gonads. Of these, the former includes two subgenera, Amphioxus (s. str.) Yarrell and Dolichorhynchus Willey. The species belonging to the genus Heteropleuron are divided among the three subgenera Paramphioxus Haeckel, ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia
... bilateral when affecting both heels of the same foot and extending to the quarters, or unilateral when the inside or ...
— Diseases of the Horse's Foot • Harry Caulton Reeks
... high, 2-3 feet, medium, 1-1-1/2 feet, and low, 0-6 inches. The cordons may be vertical or horizontal, according to the direction of the trunk, which is from four to eight feet long. The horizontal cordons may be single (unilateral) or composed of two branches extending in opposite directions (bilateral). Double and even multiple vertical cordons occur, but they are very inadvisable and ...
— Manual of American Grape-Growing • U. P. Hedrick


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