Used in a Sentence

directional

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for directional.

Editorial note

A pivot is a directional change away from the initial idea, often based on user feedback.

Examples14
Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of directional gathered in one view.

noun

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

adjective

Indicating direction.

adjective

Of or relating to guidance or help.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for directional.

Example sentences

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A pivot is a directional change away from the initial idea, often based on user feedback.

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Also these radio's are line-of-sight and the antenna is directional.

3

To achieve uni directional data flow here, you could pass the DataSTore.loadingState from the component to the action.

4

Path tracing methods (bi-directional, Metropolis, etc.) converge on the exact solution, regardless of how noisy each individual rendering is.

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This means high-gain (=large), directional antennas, and low data-rates to make sure you actually receive the same data that the craft transmits to you (and vice versa).

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A fire-and-forget missile is a single directional device with minor corrections for targeting.

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So you could either track (in software) and ignore signals from particular points (satellite), or pretty much configure your array to be directional.

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If it became known to be deployed, what's the bet some Erlang hacker upgrades the cell tower firmware to detect probable directional antennae?

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You probably need a directional noise canceling microphone, but not headphones.

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Since you can approximate the directional part of a 2x2 SVD with atan2(), it effectively becomes a O(1) operation to add or remove training points.

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These radios actually tend to be line-of-sight with a directional antenna.

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High speed photography would show each flume as being directional.

Quote examples

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Noise-canceling headphones are freakishly complicated, directional (what is often meant by "noise canceling") microphones are possible with very simple designs.

Proper noun examples

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Directional antenna client-side for distance.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use directional in a sentence?

A pivot is a directional change away from the initial idea, often based on user feedback.

What does directional mean?

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

What part of speech is directional?

directional is commonly used as noun, adjective.