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DIRECTIONALITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being directional or maintaining a direction

Example:

the directionality of written English is from left to right

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("directionality" is a kind of...):

spatial property; spatiality (any property relating to or occupying space)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another

Example:

the antenna received signals with no directivity

Synonyms:

directionality; directivity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("directionality" is a kind of...):

radial asymmetry (the absence of symmetry about an axis)

Derivation:

directional (relating to or indicating directions in space)

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