How to Use unidirectional in a Sentence

unidirectional

adjective
  • Keegan made sure the nanoplastic’s gold unidirectional filament was aligned with the crease, and then gently pulled on the next fold of the sheet.
    August Cole, Wired, 5 June 2020
  • In the longest run, a basket of stocks is unidirectional.
    Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com, 27 Mar. 2020
  • As a result, input can write past the end of the buffers. Systems with unidirectional pipe allow an attempt to write to the read end of the pipe to result in a write error.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2020
  • ATEi’s top serrations are a unidirectional set of curving edges machined into the top of the slide.
    Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Pathways are unidirectional, and purple and gold dots – the school’s colors – are on the ground marking off six-foot increments.
    Kelly Field, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2020
  • His account suggests a unidirectional process of unsettling that emanates from the artist into the world.
    Lucie Elven, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The stainless steel case features unidirectional bezel, a blue dial, date window at four o’clock and gleaming hands and markers.
    Popular Science, 31 July 2020
  • Large amounts of the data have been recorded on unidirectional, multi-lane highways, where the most important tasks are staying in the car’s own lane and not getting too close to the vehicle ahead.
    Peter Hancock, Scientific American, 16 Aug. 2021
  • One-way paths will be enforced during the election, just as unidirectional movement from class to class has been adopted on many campuses.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2020
  • From a distance, concerts are unidirectional, from the stage outward.
    New York Times, 16 July 2021
  • This alone is a huge improvement over the choppy, unidirectional quality of a standard video call.
    Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The sleek timepiece features a 41 mm steel case, a unidirectional rotating bezel in black ceramic, a screw-in crown, and a helium escape valve at 11 o’clock.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2023
  • In both cases, movement is unidirectional, as in, everyone is trying to move in the same direction.
    Adam Rogers, WIRED, 24 Sep. 2015
  • While today’s crocodilians have unidirectional breathing through their lungs, their air handling does not extend to their bones, which do not have any air-sac cavities.
    Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 26 July 2023
  • This pro diver stainless steel watch is two-tone, automated and has a unidirectional bezel.
    NBC News, 22 June 2020
  • It’s made from stainless steel, with a mid-sized 41.5mm diameter and a unidirectional rotating bezel.
    Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 11 July 2022
  • But the fact that there are differences between the two energy sources, and that the rotor is ever consistent and unidirectional, is important.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 25 June 2020
  • The black unidirectional dive bezel is indexed to the common 20-minute mark for divers, but the rest of the gauge sports a set of concentric etched circles for a sleek, modern take on an otherwise utilitarian watch feature.
    Mike Espindle, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • The Hope’s ceramic unidirectional rotating bezel is in a differing shade of rose.
    Nancy Olson, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Arrows on the gallery floors will encourage unidirectional flow.
    Susan Dunne, courant.com, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Second, the moral arc of history is not always unidirectional.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2012
  • Events in the world undeniably form a unidirectional sequence.
    Paul Davies, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2014
  • And, for the first time, Omega laser-ablated the unidirectional bezel, diving scale and dial for a design created in positive relief from a single piece for extra dimension.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Among rhesus monkeys like Orange and her troop, this expression is 100 percent unidirectional: It is given by the subordinate to the dominant, never the other way around.
    Frans De Waal, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2019
  • Water resistant to 200 meters, this SeaQ includes a date window at 3 o’clock and a unidirectional bezel with ceramic inlay.
    Laurie Brookins, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Its unidirectional bezel includes a polished sapphire insert with green Super-LumiNova for clear day and night time reading.
    Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • With modeling and experiment, the team is working to get the best spherical compression from its unidirectional driver.
    Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 15 Feb. 2023
  • One common mistake many mentors make is thinking the exercise is unidirectional.
    Lauren Wickstead, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • In a country where growing divisions have become the main uniting principle, that kind of unidirectional movement is noteworthy.
    NBC News, 16 June 2019
  • Female lust, comprising all these repulsions, isn’t some blunt, unidirectional force.
    Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 May 2018

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