directionality love

Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun the property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive to signal arriving from one direction than from another.

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  • noun uncountable The condition of being directional
  • noun countable A measure of the extent to which something is directional

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another
  • noun the property of being directional or maintaining a direction

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Examples

  • And she felt that intervals had properties, and that numbers had "directionality" - that the interval between 2 and 1 is not the same as the interval between 1 and 2.

    A Consuming Experience (full feed) 2008

  • Under those circumstances evolution will appear to be directional, but the directionality is the result of the operation of the evolutionary algorithm under a particular sort of environmental dynamics.

    Stephen Meyer on Bad Biological Designs - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • While the non-GAAP figures for Cavium were different, the directionality was the same.

    unknown title 2011

  • While the non-GAAP figures for Cavium were different, the directionality was the same.

    unknown title 2011

  • Other philosophers, rely on other metaphors and variously describe the nature of relations as a kind of directionality or toward-ness (aditas), as a type of disposition or way of holding oneself (habitudo or relativa habitudo), or again as the source or principle of structure and order

    Medieval Theories of Relations Brower, Jeffrey 2009

  • One theory is that if the "directionality" of the quake was away from the city, it may have been received a lesser impact, according to Professor Euan Smith of Victoria University.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • Further, if investors buy non-dividend-paying stocks, and the overall stock market declines, they tend to be at the "directionality" of the stock market.

    pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2009

  • Polarization is an intrinsic extra "directionality" to all light rays that is at right angles to the light ray's direction of travel.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • In case of a discovery, smoking-gun signatures of direct detection such as directionality and annual variations would be measured in detail.

    A Quantum Diaries Survivor 2009

  • 'directionality' (or sensitivity to market movements) and more equitable fee bases.

    ScreenTalk 2010

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