noun
Meaning 1
The condition of being directional.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
directionality
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noun
Meaning 2
A measure of the extent to which something is directional.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the property of being directional or maintaining a direction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the directionality of written English is from left to right
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spatial property, spatiality
noun
Meaning 4
the property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the antenna received signals with no directivity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: directivity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: radial asymmetry
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English direction English -al English directional Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English directionality From directional + -ity.