Compare unidirectional mass media such as radio and television with bidirectional ones such as correspondence and the Internet.
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Bidirectional
//ˌbaɪ.dɪˈɹɛk.ʃə.nəl/
Synonyms for "bidirectional" (3 found)
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Antonyms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- двупосо́чен adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 雙向 /双向 adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
Czech
2 entries- dvousměrný adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
- dvousměrný adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
Danish
4 entries- bidirektional adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
- bidirektional adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
- toretnings adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
- toretnings adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
Dutch
4 entries- bidirectioneel adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
- bidirectioneel adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
- tweerichtings adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
- tweerichtings adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
Finnish
2 entries- kaksisuuntainen adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
- kaksisuuntainen adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
French
2 entries- bidirectionnel adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
- bidirectionnel adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
German
2 entries- bidirektional adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
- bidirektional adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
Greek
1 entries- αμφίδρομος adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
Hungarian
1 entries- kétirányú adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
Icelandic
2 entries- tvíbeind adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
- tvíbeind adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
Italian
2 entries- bidezionale adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
- bidezionale adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
Japanese
1 entries- 双方向の adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
Norwegian
4 entries- bidireksjonal adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
- bidireksjonal adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
- toretnings adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
- toretnings adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
Polish
2 entries- dwukierunkowy adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
- dwukierunkowy adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
Portuguese
2 entries- bidirecional adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
- bidirecional adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
Russian
3 entries- двунапра́вленный adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
- двунапра́вленный adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
- двухсторо́нний adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
Spanish
2 entries- bidireccional adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
- bidireccional adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
Swedish
4 entries- bidirektionell adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
- bidirektionell adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
- dubbelriktad adj (moving in two directions (usually opposite))
- dubbelriktad adj (operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite))
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
If you wonder about the "Big Planet," maybe read the article "Juno observations of energetic charged particles over Jupiter's polar regions: Analysis of monodirectional and bidirectional electron beams."
Source: tatoeba (10673342)
However, statistical modelling paints a different picture. We found that the influence of mental health and ideology on harmful attitudes and beliefs was two-and-a-half times stronger than networking. We also found that mental health and ideology shared a potential bidirectional relationship, with poor mental health causing greater buy-in to ideology and vice versa.
Source: wiktionary
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