one-shotadj

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  Needing only a single attempt to become effective.

  • A one-shot solution to financial problems
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  Unique; occurring only once.

  • The most effective way to adapt to changing circumstances would be to enter into one-shot deals that would leave the party the freedom to enter into subsequent transactions or not, depending on the then-current circumstances.
  • Given the particular payoffs in Prisoner's Dilemma games, it is always rational to defect on the other player as long as the game is one-shot and not repeated infinitely. Regardless of what the other player does, you get a higher payoff by defecting than cooperating. In one-shot games, there is nothing the other can do to punish you for defecting.
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  Performing all the necessary steps on every occurrence, rather than relying on previous setup.

  • Whether a window is one-shot or not makes little difference from the perspective of the programmer. A one-shot window costs more to make visible but uses less memory when it is not being displayed.
  • Programming experts, on the other hand, might benefit from knowing that blocks are closures, which are one-shot anonymous functions with data attached.
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  Measuring something at a single point in time, with no control group.

  • Analysts typically conduct one-shot case studies on unique events of history.
  • The simplest of all pre-experimental group research designs is the one-shot case study, also known as the cross-sectional study. The one-shot case study is appropriate for answering exploratory and descriptive research questions related to what exists at a certain point in time.
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  Pertaining to a single shot.

  • Now the best shooters in the world fired the best rifle in the world, one-shot/one-kill out to one thousand meters.
  • The kills had been one-shot and these enemy, whoever the hell they were, were dead.
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  Pertaining to a single shot.

  • Here it was sucked from tiny one-shot bottles wrapped in coarse paper, taken between drafts of good East German beer.
  • Rodeo struggled up through layers of sleep and saw a jumble of beer cans and one-shot liquor bottles, cold pizza, ripped stockings and underwear and a hash pipe.
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  hobbieslifestylesportsPertaining to a single shot.

  • Ask anyone — golf writers, designers, players —and they all agree the coolest thing about the one-shot hole is — you can complete it in one shot.
  • And the real true measure of that was when I got to eighteen, and I had a one-shot lead at the time, and I hit a perfect tee shot—this is the last day, the fondest day, Sunday.

one-shotnoun

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  broadcastingcomicsfilmA television program, film, or comic book that is not part of a series.

  • And with the added bonuses of color and videotape coupled with the disadvantages of higher production costs, a lot of syndie producers forsook weekly series in favor of one-shot specials — and it didn't take long for the airwaves to become thick with one-shots.
  • The Mummy belongs in a chapter devoted to one-shots as its progeny are different breeds rather than direct sequels.
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  broadcastingfilmmediaA cinematographic shot of a person talking to camera; a talking head.

  • The smaller frame means that Hill uses a lot of tight one-shots, mixed in with more expressive images like an endless sea of skaters fleeing from cops or a slow push-in on Stevie and Ian having an uncomfortable conversation while playing video games on their couch.
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  businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityA monostable multivibrator.

  • The monostable multivibrator, or one-shot, is designed to generate controllable-duration pulses when triggered by the rising or falling edge of a trigger clock.
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  computingengineeringmathematicsA programmable interval timer.

  • After peak detection, the processed pulses operate a one-shot circuit which gives a fixed pulse width of 230 ms.
  • The time constants that control one-shot pulse widths can be lengthened or shortened by adding capacitors or resistors in the test fixture.
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  Something that occurs only once; a one-off.

  • Some ideas are one-shots.
  • “His main fiscal policy is that of a tax cutter," says Horton, “and he has financed that policy in effect by relying tremendously on one-shots”—revenues that will not recur and are used to patch up a given year's gap.
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  entertainmentlifestylemusicA music sample that is played without immediate repetition.

  • Loops automatically conform to a project's tempo; one-shots ignore the tempo and maintain a fixed duration. One-shots are files, such as a percussion hit or a sound effect, that are not intended to be looped.
  • Loops contain rhythmic patterns that sound designers can extend to fill any amount of time, while one-shots contain sound effects and other non-repeating sounds.
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  slanglifestyleA fanfic of only one chapter.

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  A single appearance by a performer.

  • Imagine, then, all those disciplined, hard-working, up-and-coming actors, desperately eager to land a consistent job in a nighttime series or daytime soap, but grateful for one-shots, under-five-liners (minimum pay), or even walk-ons.

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