Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In mathematics, scalar or undirected: thus velocity has direction, but speed is non-directional.
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Examples
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The global illumination was simply an overall, non-directional background light, to stop the shadows being pitch black.
Color Bleeding James Gurney 2010
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In 2005 they used high-power ‘Luxeon’ LEDs, i.e. non-coherent sources, combined with a large Fresnel lens to collimate the non-directional light emitted, and managed two-way audio communications over a distance of 160 km (100 miles!) between mountaintops in Tasmania.
Long-range optical communication… how much would you pay? « Skulls in the Stars 2008
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A non-directional (or two-sided) hypothesis would be used when both positive and negative differences are of equal importance in providing evidence with which to test the null hypothesis.
Hypothesis testing 2009
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When you get down to the quantum nitty-gritty, time is entirely non-directional.
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When using some types of inferential statistics the alternative hypothesis may be directional or non-directional.
Hypothesis testing 2009
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Are you a better "stock picker" than the 40 highly paid and well trained professional fund managers selected by Russell to implement a conservative, "non-directional" strategy?
Dan Solin: Smart Advice for the HuffPost Investor: A Hedge Fund Deal You Can't Pass Up! 2008
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Instead, using its extraordinary database and research expertise, Russell will put together a group of 40 of the best non-directional fund managers on the planet.
Dan Solin: Smart Advice for the HuffPost Investor: A Hedge Fund Deal You Can't Pass Up! 2008
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To further diversify your risk, these managers will employ at least five different non-directional strategies: long/short (as we have discussed), market even play, currency arbitrage, capital arbitrage and market neutral equity schemes.
Dan Solin: Smart Advice for the HuffPost Investor: A Hedge Fund Deal You Can't Pass Up! 2008
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The data indicates that 10% of many pension fund portfolios are in these non-directional funds, so you would be in good company.
Dan Solin: Smart Advice for the HuffPost Investor: A Hedge Fund Deal You Can't Pass Up! 2008
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It belongs to a class of hedge funds known as "non-directional" funds.
Dan Solin: Smart Advice for the HuffPost Investor: A Hedge Fund Deal You Can't Pass Up! 2008
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