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directed |
directed verdict |
directing |
direction |
direction finder |
directional
| directional antenna
| directional microphone
| directionality
| directionless
| directive
directional
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective directional has 3 senses
- directional(a = adj.pert) Array - relating to or indicating directions in space; "a directional microphone" Derived form noun directionality1
- directional(a = adj.pert) Array - relating to direction toward a (nonspatial) goal; "he tried to explain the directional trends of modern science"
- directional(s = adj.all) directing, directive, guiding - showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the directional role of science on industrial progress"
Antonym: omnidirectional
OXFORD DICTIONARY
directional, adj.
1 of or indicating direction.
2 Electronics a concerned with the transmission of radio or sound waves in a particular direction. b (of equipment) designed to receive radio or sound waves most effectively from a particular direction or directions and not others.
1 of or indicating direction.
2 Electronics a concerned with the transmission of radio or sound waves in a particular direction. b (of equipment) designed to receive radio or sound waves most effectively from a particular direction or directions and not others.
Derivative
directionality n. directionally adv.
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