DIRECTIONALITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does directionality mean? 

• DIRECTIONALITY (noun)
  The noun DIRECTIONALITY has 2 senses:

1. the property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another

2. the property of being directional or maintaining a direction

  Familiarity information: DIRECTIONALITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIRECTIONALITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

directionality; directivity

Context example:

the antenna received signals with no directivity

Hypernyms ("directionality" is a kind of...):

radial asymmetry (the absence of symmetry about an axis)

Derivation:

directional (relating to or indicating directions in space)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The property of being directional or maintaining a direction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the directionality of written English is from left to right

Hypernyms ("directionality" is a kind of...):

spatial property; spatiality (any property relating to or occupying space)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes chromosome-associated kinesin KIF4A protein, is involved in the regulation of microtubule directionality and subsequent cellular movement.

(KIF4A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

CDISC terminology for anatomical location or specimen further detailing directionality.

(CDISC SDTM Directionality Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)