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multidirectional

multidirectional adjective: involving or moving in multiple directions.

Adjective

multidirectional (comparative more multidirectional, superlative most multidirectional)

  1. Involving or moving in multiple directions.
    • Bharatanatyam is the most geometrically multidirectional of the Indian genres — in the nritta sections, Ms. Balasubramanian turned in quick succession to address right, left, behind, ahead, above and below, as well as various diagonals — and the sharp transitions are often not just exciting but...2015 August 30, Alastair Macaulay, “Review: At Indian Dance Festival, Subtleties in the Sway of a Torso”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022
    Synonyms:
    pluridirectional

Synonyms of multidirectional

  • pluridirectional

Forms of multidirectional

comparativemore multidirectional
superlativemost multidirectional
alternative formmulti-directional

Origin of multidirectional

From multi- + directional.

Questions about multidirectional

What does multidirectional mean?
Multidirectional means involving or moving in multiple directions.
What part of speech is multidirectional?
Multidirectional is an adjective.

Words near multidirectional in the dictionary

  1. multidimensionalities
  2. multidimensionality
  3. multidimensionally
  4. multidimensionals
  5. multidimensions
  6. multidirectional
  7. multidirectionality
  8. multidirectionally
  9. multidirector
  10. multidirectory
  11. multidisabilities

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