one-shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-shots
form: oneshot
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 2001, Hal Erickson, Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987, →ISBN, page 106:
text: The Mummy belongs in a chapter devoted to one-shots as its progeny are different breeds rather than direct sequels.
ref: 2013, B. Forshaw, British Gothic Cinema, →ISBN:
text: This spectacular, free one-shot also includes original short stories from Sean Rubin's upcoming, enchanting dinosaur tale, Bolivar; Jim Henson's fantasy classic, Labyrinth (an Archaia original graphic novelby Ted Naifeh, Adrianne Ambrose, and Cory Godbey is in the works); and Nate Cosby and Chris Eliopoulos' justice-seekin' boy hereo, Cow Boy.
ref: 2014, Louis Zampini, A Father's Guide to Comics, →ISBN:
text: The one-shot trend continued in Japan, where fans are used to paying what Western audiences consider absurdly high prices for anime, but this hampered them from Western release until companies began to bundle one-shots together.
ref: 2015, Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy, The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition, →ISBN:
topics: broadcasting
comics
film
literature
media
publishing
television
glosses: A television program, film, or comic book that is not part of a series.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 15 October 2018, Jesse Hassenger, AV Club Jonah Hill makes his auspicious if uneven filmmaking debut with a Mid90s nostalgia triphttps://web.archive.org/web/20181015200214/https://film.avclub.com/jonah-hill-makes-his-auspicious-if-uneven-filmmaking-de-1829744755
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A cinematographic shot of a person talking to camera; a talking head.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1980, Bruce A. Artwick, Microcomputer interfacing, page 263:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A monostable multivibrator.
examples: text: After peak detection, the processed pulses operate a one-shot circuit which gives a fixed pulse width of 230 ms.
ref: 1987, R.S. Khandpur, Handbook of Biomedical Instrumentation, →ISBN:
text: The time constants that control one-shot pulse widths can be lengthened or shortened by adding capacitors or resistors in the test fixture.
ref: 2012, John Turino, Design to Test, →ISBN:
text: The idea is that the combinational machine will act as a one-shot device such that, when the signal turns on, the machine will immediately turn it off again. This practice should be avoided: It is prone to ambiguous interpretation, and if the one-shot action is needed, it can be provided unambiguously by a sequential machine.
ref: 2013, Derek Hatley, Imtiaz Pirbhai, Strategies for Real-Time System Specification, →ISBN, page 6-92:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A programmable interval timer.
examples: text: Some ideas are one-shots.
ref: 1960, Research/development - Volume 11, page 87:
text: “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.
ref: 1996, New York - Volume 29, Issues 43-46, page 48:
text: One-shots are notoriously short, typically less than one hour, and almost always focus on a particular assignment that the students need to complete using library resources.
ref: 2013, M. Sandra Wood, Introduction to Health Sciences Librarianship, →ISBN, page 227:
text: The one-shots fell into a few major categories. one category was fund transfers: the Budget Division would simply transfer cash from special funds, which did not have to balance, into the general fund, which did, in order to create general fund balance.
ref: 2014, Richard Ravitch, So Much to Do, →ISBN:
glosses: Something that occurs only once; a one-off.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2010, Mary Plummer, Apple Training Series: GarageBand 09, →ISBN:
text: 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.
ref: 2016, Dave Collins, The Act of Musical Composition: Studies in the Creative Process, →ISBN:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A music sample that is played without immediate repetition.
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fanfic of only one chapter.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2014, Robin Morgan, Saturday's Child: A Memoir, →ISBN:
glosses: A single appearance by a performer.
examples: text: He also knew where Bell hid his derringer, knew it was in his sleeve instead of his belt or his boot. And he had spotted the tiny one-shot in his coat pocket, which no one ever noticed.
ref: 2013, Clive Cussler, Justin Scott, The Striker, →ISBN:
glosses: A gun that must be reloaded after firing a single shot.
examples: text: The inexpensive one-shots still make up a minuscule part of the market, but they are getting attention.
ref: 1991, The Discount Merchandiser - Volume 31, Issues 7-12, page 127:
text: The one-shot is a perennial mail order vehicle, so called because you market just one item instead of an entire line, and you therefore have one shot in which to sell it.
ref: 2008, Entrepreneur Press, Start Your Own Mail Order Business, →ISBN:
glosses: A product that is sold on its own, rather than as part of a line of products.
topics: video-games
glosses: A player that can be killed in a single hit.