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Definition of one-way in English:

one-way

adjective wʌnˈweɪˈwən ˈˌweɪ
  • 1Moving or allowing movement in one direction only.

    a one-way valve
    a one-way street
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But if outsourcing is not mentioned as a reason when call centre numbers are reduced then perhaps the drift abroad is not the inevitable one-way movement that we all feared.
    • The 25-ft wide flyover is just enough for one-way vehicle movement.
    • It is a one-way conduit for moving excess water, proteins, and molecules back into circulation.
    • The capsule admits afferent lymphatic vessels containing valves that provide one-way flow into the subcapsular sinus.
    • There are 4 chambers, two upper and two lower, separated by one-way valves.
    • In some cases, a chest tube can be left in for one or two days and can be attached to a one-way Heimlich valve or to a water-seal device allowing ambulation.
    • To keep blood from flowing backward, veins have built-in one-way valves that temporarily dam up the river of blood.
    • It occurs when a one-way valve mechanism is present, enabling entry of air into the pleural space and not permitting its escape.
    • The flow is helped by a series of one-way valves in the veins that only allow the blood to move upwards (against gravity).
    • Tension pneumothorax occurs when pleural damage results in a one-way valve phenomenon allowing air to enter, but not exit, the pleural space.
    • Enter Geoff Davey from Reflective Images - the company that produces the new wet weather ensemble - with a design for a one-way valve, the first ever in a combat boot.
    • Fabricius, who was fascinated by anatomy, recognised that the veins in the human body had one-way valves, but was puzzled as to their function.
    • This means that coffee should be packed in an airtight foil laminated bag with a one-way air valve to allow the bag to de-gas.
    • This can be done with a finger, or with a one-way speaking valve like those manufactured by Passy-Muir.
    • Which is why most quality coffee now comes in bags which are flushed with an inert gas such as nitrogen to get rid of the air before sealing, and have a one-way valve that lets the carbon dioxide out without air getting in.
    • For example, I needed a diagram to demonstrate the concept of one-way valves in the veins of a horse's legs, so I typed in valve vein and pressed enter.
    • At the beginning of expiration, you tum the valve creating a one-way valve that only allows expiratory airflow.
    • For those of you that don't know what is going on inside your body, veins, unlike arteries, contain one-way valves at intervals, which are vital for the veins to function normally.
    • And the Fresh Air's one-way valve honks when you exhale, emitting a sound akin to the call of an amorous sea lion.
    • After the arteries deliver blood to your arms and legs, your veins channel blood back to the heart using one-way valves.
    1. 1.1 (of a ticket) allowing a person to travel to a place but not back again; single.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The system alerts airport security screeners to more thoroughly check passengers who buy one-way tickets or pay with cash.
      • The temptation to ignore your inner voice, to bend the rules, to go against your gut is human - but it's also usually a one-way ticket to Trouble Town.
      • And the third thing is going to be a one-way ticket.
      • According to Adams, the 14 men traveled on Northwest Airlines flight #327 using one-way tickets.
      • Individuals in desperate poverty may have difficulty emigrating but what is there to stop governments putting unwanted people on a plane with a one-way ticket?
      • This music is a one-way ticket to your own personal paradise.
      • A one-way ticket from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur on Lion Air costs $68, while Air Asia now costs only about $33.
      • Using their New Jersey drivers licenses as identification, they bought two one-way tickets on a visa card and checked in for American Airlines Flight 11 to Los Angeles.
      • Dragonair wants to add HK $65 to the cost of a one-way ticket, while Cathay declined to comment on the level of its proposed surcharge.
      • Though he seemed to relish Korea, on April 10 he bought a one-way ticket back to the United States, vowing not to return to the peninsula.
      • I booked a one-way ticket to Montreal on US Airways for the jazz festival and to celebrate Sudha's 30th birthday.
      • Because of wrong information 49-year-old Jim had been given in the US, she didn't realise her one-way ticket would cause so much trouble.
      • The first question that begs to be asked is what consumers are being targeted, taking into account that the price of a one-way ticket exceeds the average per capita income in both cities.
      • That said, concentrate on making friends with other campers-or you might find yourself with a one-way ticket home.
      • And she said insult was added to injury when the company tried to make amends by sending her a single one-way travel voucher without a return ticket.
      • Those 30,000 paratroopers were issued a one-way ticket.
      • And we have everything to gain, including that one-way ticket to paradise where we can live forever with our dead relatives.
      • Once I had a boyfriend show up at my apartment, having only had enough money for a one-way ticket, just so he could spend New Year's with me.
      • You know, I'm really beginning to think that I won't figure out what's going in Iraq until I buy a one-way ticket to Baghdad.
      • A hundred or more years back, moving continents was as simple as packing up your sea chest, buying a one-way ticket, braving the seas in a small boat and then settling in the land of your choice.
    2. 1.2 Denoting a mirror or glass that acts as a reflective surface on one side but that is transparent from the other.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The entire thing is coated, top to bottom, in reflective one-way glass, which is pretty impressive… the first time you look at it.
      • Ravendale stood on the watching side of the one-way glass, his eyes locked on the writhing body of his latest victim.
      • A number of descriptions of a transparent press had a one-way mirror feel to them: We editors will explain to you readers what we think you should know about us.
      • Ultz's set, a bleak waiting room, is behind a wall of reflecting glass, made transparent by a lighting change: the play holds a one-way mirror up
      • He saw a one-way mirror opposite that of the counter.
      • These must be those one-way mirrors, she thought.
      • Mike sighs and stands up himself, walking over to look into the one-way mirror.
      • Chris violates proper search and seizure procedure to find videotaped evidence behind a one-way mirror in the S & M dungeon.
      • Couples are seen in an outpatient setting by two therapists, one of who conducts the session while the other observes from behind a one-way mirror.
      • I turned to the one-way mirror, knowing Michaels was standing behind the glass with his hands crossed before his chest, and stared at him.
      • Hoots and cheers from the other side of the interview room's one-way mirror make Martina and Mike flush in unison.
      • Much to the enjoyment of the no-longer-bored guard on the other side of the one-way mirror, Mike and Martina share a deep, passionate kiss.
      • Prior to testing, stimulus males were kept for some days in aquaria with a one-way mirror on one side to acclimatize them with their reflected image.
      • We had the luxury of being able to hire a market research firm to provide the testing facility complete with one-way mirror and video recording.
      • Where courts were not equipped with closed circuit television or one-way mirrors, children were sometimes still made to testify in the presence of their accused abuser.
      • The developers are behind a one-way mirror - they get to see the raw reality of what they just delivered to the customer, and they get immediate feedback.
      • As you may have noticed this facility has a conference room with a one-way mirror and all of those facilities for doing that sort of research and that will be coming along shortly.
      • They put the audience on the other side of a one-way mirror, and you watch them watch the show.
      • The scene ends with the sobbing woman screaming for a sympathetic witness on the other side of a one-way mirror.
      • The dish was placed behind the one-way mirror of an observation chamber such that the observer could see the crabs, but the crabs could not see the observer.
    3. 1.3 Denoting a relationship in which all the input comes from only one member.
      interaction between the organism and the environment is not a one-way process
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Nor is this a one-way process: the best American universities are now competing hard for the brightest British students.
      • The point I was raising, to my memory, was that it must be understood that this agreement was not one-way.
      • And business today is far too complex to think in terms of one-way relationships.
      • You have to understand all five strategies in order to really gain a distinct advantage in the one-way link hunt.
      • On the Web, those kinds of one-way relationships come down a notch.
      • I hope that the most significant message that comes across from the guideline to patients and practitioners is that treatment is not simply a one-way process.
      • It will reinforce the idea that this is a bit of a one-way relationship.
      • Cover your own assets with a one-way agreement.
      • Mutual exchange is a more satisfying process than one-way transfer of knowledge and resources.
      • The reciprocity that is required in the treaty is not one-way, as some people are hinting - suggesting that only Maori are using it.
      • Ministers, in fact, have been restrained in their response to the latest revelations about their largely one-way correspondence with the heir to the throne - in public at least.
      • One of the main elements of such a strategy is that the ethnographer does not treat the relationship as a one-way process of extracting information from others, but actually provides something in return.
      • I loved her so much but I always felt it was a one-way relationship so I proposed, she of course said yes.
      • Mostly, though, evaluation in family therapy training has been a one-way, top-down process.
      • ‘These kinds of cultural interactions are never a one-way process,’ says Mr. Williams.
      • Flows in the other direction will generally be less dangerous, except for the fact that one-way relationships are difficult to sustain.
      • While the line between hip hop and IDM may be blurred, it seems to be a mostly one-way relationship.
      • With Washington's latest move in regard to Libya, it would be understandable if many Bulgarians believed that the relationship is somewhat one-way.
      • Everybody received the same material from a single voice, but it was a one-way interaction.
      • In the real world, economic and social relations are seldom one-way.
      Synonyms
      disposable, expendable, one-use, non-returnable, single-trip
 
 

Definition of one-way in US English:

one-way

adjectiveˈwən ˈˌweɪˈwən ˈˌwā
  • 1Moving or allowing movement in one direction only.

    a one-way valve
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To keep blood from flowing backward, veins have built-in one-way valves that temporarily dam up the river of blood.
    • After the arteries deliver blood to your arms and legs, your veins channel blood back to the heart using one-way valves.
    • For example, I needed a diagram to demonstrate the concept of one-way valves in the veins of a horse's legs, so I typed in valve vein and pressed enter.
    • The flow is helped by a series of one-way valves in the veins that only allow the blood to move upwards (against gravity).
    • Enter Geoff Davey from Reflective Images - the company that produces the new wet weather ensemble - with a design for a one-way valve, the first ever in a combat boot.
    • It is a one-way conduit for moving excess water, proteins, and molecules back into circulation.
    • The capsule admits afferent lymphatic vessels containing valves that provide one-way flow into the subcapsular sinus.
    • Fabricius, who was fascinated by anatomy, recognised that the veins in the human body had one-way valves, but was puzzled as to their function.
    • There are 4 chambers, two upper and two lower, separated by one-way valves.
    • And the Fresh Air's one-way valve honks when you exhale, emitting a sound akin to the call of an amorous sea lion.
    • Which is why most quality coffee now comes in bags which are flushed with an inert gas such as nitrogen to get rid of the air before sealing, and have a one-way valve that lets the carbon dioxide out without air getting in.
    • But if outsourcing is not mentioned as a reason when call centre numbers are reduced then perhaps the drift abroad is not the inevitable one-way movement that we all feared.
    • It occurs when a one-way valve mechanism is present, enabling entry of air into the pleural space and not permitting its escape.
    • The 25-ft wide flyover is just enough for one-way vehicle movement.
    • Tension pneumothorax occurs when pleural damage results in a one-way valve phenomenon allowing air to enter, but not exit, the pleural space.
    • At the beginning of expiration, you tum the valve creating a one-way valve that only allows expiratory airflow.
    • This can be done with a finger, or with a one-way speaking valve like those manufactured by Passy-Muir.
    • This means that coffee should be packed in an airtight foil laminated bag with a one-way air valve to allow the bag to de-gas.
    • For those of you that don't know what is going on inside your body, veins, unlike arteries, contain one-way valves at intervals, which are vital for the veins to function normally.
    • In some cases, a chest tube can be left in for one or two days and can be attached to a one-way Heimlich valve or to a water-seal device allowing ambulation.
    1. 1.1 (of a road or system of roads) along which traffic may pass in one direction only.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He also suggested City of York Council should consider making the Fulford Road-Fishergate-Cemetery Road circuit a large one-way system.
      • The street itself is one-way, with no entry from the circle near Ulsoor police station.
      • Motions have already begun in City Hall to keep the street one-way, with a public hearing slated for June 10.
      • As a result, there is only one-way access to Sarsfield Street at the moment.
      • For the past year, works have prevented the passage of major traffic through the estate and recently residents voted to make the street one-way.
      • The one-way system diverts traffic coming into Kempston via Ampthill Road, while motorists travelling into Bedford can only use the congested Bedford and Kempston Road.
      • Police allowed people to park along the road leading from Avebury to West Kennett and operated a one-way system for traffic.
      • It includes a signposted route along Sim Balk Lane and a one-way system along Campleshon Road and Knavesmire Road which was starting earlier than for Ascot.
      • It was open wide enough to let cars pass through on the one-way road.
      • The next street over was one-way in the wrong direction, but one block further on he turned right again, easing behind a city bus.
      • One of Ilkley's busiest shopping streets will become one-way for three weeks as major work begins to revamp the street.
      • Five miles along a motorway in the Midlands may take less than two minutes, but five miles across London can take a lifetime of traffic jams, one-way systems, waiting on platforms and changing trains.
      • Gladstone Street will then be one-way to the Quay.
      • In addition, New Street will become one-way from the entrance to Church lane down to Staunton's corner and also from the exit from the car park at the rear of SuperValu as far as the Main Street.
      • These improvements will immediately allow traffic to flow smoothly and without interruption, aided by making Broome Street one-way from St Finbar.
      • Comments from the present residents of the street on the recent works have been very positive with the majority of them hoping the one-way system for traffic will remain in place.
      • He told members that the proposed plan does not preclude the retention of a one-way system on Distillery Road, and accepted that this might be a good idea.
      • Off to the west is what was once Legion Avenue, where steady streams of cars and trucks barrel in from the suburbs or head out to them along twin one-way roads given over entirely to traffic.
      • Some journeys it would take off a mile because you would be able to miss out the ring road and one-way system and save time and money for the customers.
      • New Town's ward councillors are now surveying residents to get their views on a one-way system along both Harsnett Road and the neighbouring Morant Road.
    2. 1.2 (of a ticket) allowing a person to travel to a place but not back again.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And she said insult was added to injury when the company tried to make amends by sending her a single one-way travel voucher without a return ticket.
      • Because of wrong information 49-year-old Jim had been given in the US, she didn't realise her one-way ticket would cause so much trouble.
      • Individuals in desperate poverty may have difficulty emigrating but what is there to stop governments putting unwanted people on a plane with a one-way ticket?
      • I booked a one-way ticket to Montreal on US Airways for the jazz festival and to celebrate Sudha's 30th birthday.
      • That said, concentrate on making friends with other campers-or you might find yourself with a one-way ticket home.
      • A hundred or more years back, moving continents was as simple as packing up your sea chest, buying a one-way ticket, braving the seas in a small boat and then settling in the land of your choice.
      • This music is a one-way ticket to your own personal paradise.
      • You know, I'm really beginning to think that I won't figure out what's going in Iraq until I buy a one-way ticket to Baghdad.
      • Once I had a boyfriend show up at my apartment, having only had enough money for a one-way ticket, just so he could spend New Year's with me.
      • The system alerts airport security screeners to more thoroughly check passengers who buy one-way tickets or pay with cash.
      • Dragonair wants to add HK $65 to the cost of a one-way ticket, while Cathay declined to comment on the level of its proposed surcharge.
      • The temptation to ignore your inner voice, to bend the rules, to go against your gut is human - but it's also usually a one-way ticket to Trouble Town.
      • A one-way ticket from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur on Lion Air costs $68, while Air Asia now costs only about $33.
      • Those 30,000 paratroopers were issued a one-way ticket.
      • And we have everything to gain, including that one-way ticket to paradise where we can live forever with our dead relatives.
      • The first question that begs to be asked is what consumers are being targeted, taking into account that the price of a one-way ticket exceeds the average per capita income in both cities.
      • Using their New Jersey drivers licenses as identification, they bought two one-way tickets on a visa card and checked in for American Airlines Flight 11 to Los Angeles.
      • Though he seemed to relish Korea, on April 10 he bought a one-way ticket back to the United States, vowing not to return to the peninsula.
      • According to Adams, the 14 men traveled on Northwest Airlines flight #327 using one-way tickets.
      • And the third thing is going to be a one-way ticket.
    3. 1.3 (of glass or a mirror) seen as a mirror from one side but transparent from the other.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We had the luxury of being able to hire a market research firm to provide the testing facility complete with one-way mirror and video recording.
      • These must be those one-way mirrors, she thought.
      • Mike sighs and stands up himself, walking over to look into the one-way mirror.
      • A number of descriptions of a transparent press had a one-way mirror feel to them: We editors will explain to you readers what we think you should know about us.
      • The developers are behind a one-way mirror - they get to see the raw reality of what they just delivered to the customer, and they get immediate feedback.
      • Prior to testing, stimulus males were kept for some days in aquaria with a one-way mirror on one side to acclimatize them with their reflected image.
      • Where courts were not equipped with closed circuit television or one-way mirrors, children were sometimes still made to testify in the presence of their accused abuser.
      • The entire thing is coated, top to bottom, in reflective one-way glass, which is pretty impressive… the first time you look at it.
      • Much to the enjoyment of the no-longer-bored guard on the other side of the one-way mirror, Mike and Martina share a deep, passionate kiss.
      • He saw a one-way mirror opposite that of the counter.
      • I turned to the one-way mirror, knowing Michaels was standing behind the glass with his hands crossed before his chest, and stared at him.
      • Chris violates proper search and seizure procedure to find videotaped evidence behind a one-way mirror in the S & M dungeon.
      • The scene ends with the sobbing woman screaming for a sympathetic witness on the other side of a one-way mirror.
      • As you may have noticed this facility has a conference room with a one-way mirror and all of those facilities for doing that sort of research and that will be coming along shortly.
      • Ravendale stood on the watching side of the one-way glass, his eyes locked on the writhing body of his latest victim.
      • The dish was placed behind the one-way mirror of an observation chamber such that the observer could see the crabs, but the crabs could not see the observer.
      • They put the audience on the other side of a one-way mirror, and you watch them watch the show.
      • Ultz's set, a bleak waiting room, is behind a wall of reflecting glass, made transparent by a lighting change: the play holds a one-way mirror up
      • Couples are seen in an outpatient setting by two therapists, one of who conducts the session while the other observes from behind a one-way mirror.
      • Hoots and cheers from the other side of the interview room's one-way mirror make Martina and Mike flush in unison.
    4. 1.4 Denoting a relationship in which all the action or contribution of a particular kind comes from only one member.
      interaction between the organism and the environment is not a one-way process
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The point I was raising, to my memory, was that it must be understood that this agreement was not one-way.
      • Ministers, in fact, have been restrained in their response to the latest revelations about their largely one-way correspondence with the heir to the throne - in public at least.
      • On the Web, those kinds of one-way relationships come down a notch.
      • Nor is this a one-way process: the best American universities are now competing hard for the brightest British students.
      • Cover your own assets with a one-way agreement.
      • And business today is far too complex to think in terms of one-way relationships.
      • Mostly, though, evaluation in family therapy training has been a one-way, top-down process.
      • The reciprocity that is required in the treaty is not one-way, as some people are hinting - suggesting that only Maori are using it.
      • With Washington's latest move in regard to Libya, it would be understandable if many Bulgarians believed that the relationship is somewhat one-way.
      • I hope that the most significant message that comes across from the guideline to patients and practitioners is that treatment is not simply a one-way process.
      • Flows in the other direction will generally be less dangerous, except for the fact that one-way relationships are difficult to sustain.
      • While the line between hip hop and IDM may be blurred, it seems to be a mostly one-way relationship.
      • You have to understand all five strategies in order to really gain a distinct advantage in the one-way link hunt.
      • Mutual exchange is a more satisfying process than one-way transfer of knowledge and resources.
      • Everybody received the same material from a single voice, but it was a one-way interaction.
      • ‘These kinds of cultural interactions are never a one-way process,’ says Mr. Williams.
      • It will reinforce the idea that this is a bit of a one-way relationship.
      • I loved her so much but I always felt it was a one-way relationship so I proposed, she of course said yes.
      • One of the main elements of such a strategy is that the ethnographer does not treat the relationship as a one-way process of extracting information from others, but actually provides something in return.
      • In the real world, economic and social relations are seldom one-way.
      Synonyms
      disposable, expendable, one-use, non-returnable, single-trip
 
 
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