The process in which a cell irreversibly increases in size in one [spatial] dimension or along one axis, resulting in the morphogenesis of the cell. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0943088399 ]
Synonyms: cell growth along one axis cell morphogenesis by unidimensional growth polar cell growth polarized cell growth cell growth in one dimension
Term information
Unidimensional cell growth refers to a change in both cell size and cell shape. For cell shape changes where cell size is not affected, consider instead the term 'regulation of cell shape ; GO:0008360' and its children.