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multidirectional

multidirectional

1 5.1
Moving or working in many directions at once
  • adjective
  • /ˌmʌltiˈdɪrɛkʃənl/
translation icon : multidireccional
  • The team used a multidirectional strategy to ensure all players could contribute simultaneously.
  • multidirectional flow
  • multidirectional manner
  • multidirectional memory

Examples

  • Emphasizing ambiguity and multidirectional influences, this re-formulation enables us to pose a series of new questions.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The involvement of all these different players necessitates a multidirectional flow of data.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The star dune is the result of multidirectional wind.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The formation of new relationships as a result of a multidirectional approach to traumatic memory constitutes a major theme in his work.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Disability correlates with disadvantage, but causation is multidirectional.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The educator who operates under the contextual paradigm sees the child and the environment as having an interactive, multidirectional relationship.

    Academic text (2003)
  • As popolo parties guided the articulation of public space, open-walled architecture multiplied around civic piazzas, allowing for multidirectional viewing.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The robot was designed to navigate obstacles by moving in a multidirectional manner.

  • The new map displays multidirectional routes, allowing for various travel options.

Synonyms

omnidirectional
vsmultidirectional
  • Specialized
1 7.9

Able to send or receive signals equally in every direction

acts or moves in several directions at once
nondirectional
vsmultidirectional
6.0

Not aimed in any one direction

moves or affects multiple specific directions simultaneously

Antonyms

Working or moving in only one direction

How Many Directions

omnidirectional
  • Specialized
1 7.9
multidirectional
1 5.1

Surface Forms

multidirectional positive

Morphology

multidirectional = directional (transparent) = multi + direction + al

The word is transparently formed by adding multi- to directional, yielding the meaning 'in many directions.'

Etymology

Multidirectional is made of multi- which means 'many' and the familiar word direction which means 'way' or 'path'. So, multidirectional describes something that moves, works, or affects in many directions at the same time.