one-shot

Needing only a single attempt to become effective.

A one-shot solution to financial problems

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.

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.

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.

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.

A 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.

A 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.

A 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.

A 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.

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.

Alternative form of oneshot