nondirectional
- adjective
- /ˌnɒn.dɪˈrɛk.ʃən.əl/
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no direccional
- In addition to the descriptive statistics, a nondirectional t-test, with an alpha level of .01, was used to compare results between professors of earth science education and professors of geology.
- nondirectional hypothesis
Examples
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An alpha level of .05 with a nondirectional hypothesis was established for this analysis. Results
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Nondirectional microphones work well if you have a small group of people talking at the same time.
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Hence, the following nondirectional hypothesis (in alternate form) is presented:
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Ideally, you want to put your antenna in the middle of the population center you serve, assuming that you have a nondirectional signal that radiates equally in all directions.
Blog text (16) -
Observed behavior within a group may vary from nondirectional milling to traveling rapidly in a closely packed, unidirectional manner, to resting at the surface.
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The links between the concepts can be one-way, two-way, or nondirectional (indicated by arrows).
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In each case, a nondirectional null hypothesis—that there is no difference among the subgroups—was tested.
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A nondirectional path between the error terms of perceived opportunity and attitude toward academic dishonesty is included in this model to represent the correlation between these two variables after controlling for the effects of self-control.
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More generally, we can identify a sense of place that draws together the free-floating, nondirectional sense of place associated with outer space and the omnipresent, omniscient sense of place associated with Eastern religions (Eliade 1960).
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A nondirectional microphone picks up sound equally from all directions, making it useful for interviews.
Synonyms
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7.9
Able to send or receive signals equally in every direction
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A material that is the same in every direction
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Moving or working in many directions at once
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
An antenna that sends and receives radio signals equally in all directions
How Directional
Surface Forms
Morphology
nondirectional = directional (transparent) = non + direction + al
Formed by adding the productive negative prefix 'non' to the adjective 'directional', yielding a straightforward negation.
Etymology
The word nondirectional starts with non- meaning 'not', and the rest comes from direction meaning 'which way' or 'a line'. So nondirectional means 'not limited to one way', like a microphone or antenna that picks up sound or signals from all around.