one-shot
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.20 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Performing all the necessary steps on every occurrence, rather than relying on previous setup.
adj
Measuring something at a single point in time, with no control group.
adj
Pertaining to a single shot.
adj
Pertaining to a single shot.
adj
Pertaining to a single shot.
noun
A television program, film, or comic book that is not part of a series.
Example Sentences
- "A one-shot solution to financial problems"
- "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."
- "One-shot volunteering projects are also common, though possibly somewhat less so than hobbyist-like projects."
- "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."