BIDIRECTIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bidirectional mean? 

• BIDIRECTIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective BIDIRECTIONAL has 1 sense:

1. reactive or functioning or allowing movement in two usually opposite directions

  Familiarity information: BIDIRECTIONAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIDIRECTIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reactive or functioning or allowing movement in two usually opposite directions

Similar:

biface; bifacial (having two faces or fronts)

duplex (allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously)

two-way (operating or permitting operation in either of two opposite directions)

Antonym:

unidirectional (operating or moving or allowing movement in one direction only)

 Context examples 

Enhance a bidirectional flow between basic and clinical observations and intervention programs on HIV-related complications and foster interdisciplinary collaborations.

(Pathobiology of Wasting and Growth Retardation, NCI Thesaurus)

Associations are bidirectional and have a stated inverse.

(NCI Thesaurus Association, NCI Thesaurus)

The protein, which exhibits bidirectional nuclease activity is required for both DNA synthesis and repair.

(DNA Polymerase Alpha, NCI Thesaurus)

Ankyrin Repeat-Containing Protein KRIT1, encoded by the CCM1 gene, interacts with ICAP-1 and may be involved in bidirectional signaling between integrin molecules and the cytoskeleton.

(Cerebral Cavernous Malformations 1, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also important to note that the link between sleep disorders and Alzheimer's risk is considered by many scientists to be bidirectional, since elevated beta-amyloid may also lead to sleep disturbances.

(Lack of sleep may be linked to risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, National Institutes of Health)