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Directional   Listen
adjective
directional  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to direction (definition 2).
2.
Serving to indicate direction.
3.
(Radio) Transmitting radio signals in a specific direction, or receiving signals only from a narrow angle of directions, thus serving to indicate the direction from which radio signals are coming. Used of antennas; as, a directional antenna.





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"Directional" Quotes from Famous Books



... said the professor. He watched the teleceiver screen carefully, made a minute adjustment of the dial controlling the directional beam emitted by the ring in the number-one firing chamber, and at the last possible moment, snapped the remote-control switch that cut the power in the approaching test projectile. It hung dead in space, immediately over the chamber. Gently the professor ...
— Sabotage in Space • Carey Rockwell
... ever, and among the newcomers some of the most important were the three Stabilities, named Directional, Longitudinal, and Lateral, with their assistants, the Rudder, Elevator, and Ailerons. There was Centrifugal Force, too, who would not sit still and created a most unfavourable impression, and Keel-Surface, the Dihedral Angle, and several ...
— The Aeroplane Speaks - Fifth Edition • H. Barber
... in his mind but there was no directional source. He held his breath, listening for the whisper of padded feet as the cave cat flashed in for the kill, and made a swift ...
— Cry from a Far Planet • Tom Godwin
... in, "this is fire control. We've got our directional antennas on the thing. It's either directly right or directly left of the ship, matching speed with ...
— A Matter of Magnitude • Al Sevcik


Words linked to "Directional" :   directional microphone, leading, directive, guiding, omnidirectional, directional antenna


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