In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
UNIDIRECTIONAL
unidirectional
(adjective) operating or moving or allowing movement in one direction only; “a unidirectional flow”; “a unidirectional antenna”; “a unidirectional approach to a problem”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
unidirectional (not comparable)
Pertaining to only one direction, e.g.: where all component parts are aligned in the same direction in space.
Antonyms
• bidirectional
Noun
unidirectional (plural unidirectionals)
A fabric in which the majority of fibres run in the same single direction.
Source: Wiktionary
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
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