unidirectional
adjective
uni·di·rec·tion·al
ˌyü-ni-də-ˈrek-sh(ə-)nəl 
-dī-
1
: involving, functioning, moving, or responsive in a single direction
a unidirectional microphone
2
: not subject to change or reversal of direction
unidirectionally
adverb
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Thunderbolt 3 and 4, for example, reach speeds up to 40 Gbps while the new Thunderbolt 5 reaches a ludicrous 80 Gbps (or up to 120 Gbps when used for unidirectional connections like outputs to displays).
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Eric Ravenscraft, Wired News, 10 May 2024
Rather than a unidirectional flow of medical technologies and services from developed to emerging markets, the modern health economy is defined by interconnectedness.
—Aman Gupta, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The researchers who pioneered systems for enforcing unidirectional data movement, called information-flow tracking, were not interested in saving energy.
—Adrian Sampson, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Sep. 2013
This is done through the use of unidirectional brain-machine interfaces or bidirectional brain-machine interfaces (BBMIs).
—Peter High, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Eric Ravenscraft, Wired News, 10 May 2024
Rather than a unidirectional flow of medical technologies and services from developed to emerging markets, the modern health economy is defined by interconnectedness.
—Aman Gupta, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The researchers who pioneered systems for enforcing unidirectional data movement, called information-flow tracking, were not interested in saving energy.
—Adrian Sampson, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Sep. 2013
This is done through the use of unidirectional brain-machine interfaces or bidirectional brain-machine interfaces (BBMIs).
—Peter High, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Unidirectional.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unidirectional. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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unidirectional
adjective
uni·di·rec·tion·al
ˌyü-ni-də-ˈrek-shnəl, -dī-, -shən-ᵊl
: involving, functioning, moving, or responsive in a single direction
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