10 July 2013

unilateral

[yoo-nuh-lat-er-uhl]

adjective
1. relating to, occurring on, or involving one side only: unilateral development; a unilateral approach.
2. undertaken or done by or on behalf of one side, party, or faction only; not mutual: a unilateral decision; unilateral disarmament.
3. having only one side or surface; without a reverse side or inside, as a Möbius strip.
4. Law.
a. pertaining to a contract that can be formed only when the party to whom an offer is made renders the performance for which the offeror bargains.
b. pertaining to a contract in which obligation rests on only one party, as a binding promise to make a gift.
5. Botany . having all the parts disposed on one side of an axis, as an inflorescence.

Today’s aphorism

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and learn to love the questions themselves.

– Rainer Maria Rilke

On this day

10 July 1942 – birth of Ronald James Padavona, otherwise known as Ronny James Dio, heavy metal singer. Dio replaced Ozzy Osbourne as lead singer of Black Sabbath, for two years before leaving after disagreements with other band members. Dio was also associated with Rainbow, Dio, and Elf. Died 16 May 2010.