Bidirectionally

//ˌbaɪdɪˈɹɛkʃənəli// adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In opposite directions. not-comparable

    "The whole of the South Shields branch passed to the Tyne & Wear Metro in 1984 under the Tyneside Metropolitan Rail Act 1973, apart from a short section that was divided into two bi-directionally signalled lines (although interconnected by a series of loops that allow Metro trains to pass each other)."

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"The whole of the South Shields branch passed to the Tyne & Wear Metro in 1984 under the Tyneside Metropolitan Rail Act 1973, apart from a short section that was divided into two bi-directionally signalled lines (although interconnected by a series of loops that allow Metro trains to pass each other)."

Etymology

From bidirectional + -ly.

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