adj, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Something that indicates direction, such as a vehicle's turn signal.

Adjective

1. 1
   Indicating direction.
2. 2
   Of or relating to guidance or help.

Adjective

1. 1
   showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on wordnet
2. 2
   relating to or indicating directions in space wordnet
3. 3
   relating to direction toward a (nonspatial) goal wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

blinkerblinkerdirectingdirectingdirection indicatordirective

Antonyms

All antonyms

locallocativestaticstationary

Example

More examples

"Each arm of the eyeglass frame has an array of four tiny directional microphones."

Etymology

From direction + -al.

Related phrases

auto-directionaldirectional casedirectional derivativedirectional drillerdirectional gyrodirectional magnetismdirectional paddirectional selectiondirectional signaldirectional stabilityhuman directionalmulti-directional

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