direct
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～ moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
direct correlation
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～ a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with small; the correlation coefficient is between 0 and +1
direct contrast
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～ the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared; "in contrast to"; "by contrast"
direct antonym
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～ antonyms that are commonly associated (e.g., `wet' and `dry')
direct action
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～ a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands
direct current
— Noun
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～ an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
directed
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～ (often used in combination) having a specified direction; "a positively directed vector"; "goal-directed"
directed
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～ manageable by a supervising agent; "a directed program of study"
directing
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～ showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the directional role of science on industrial progress"
direction
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～ a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"
direction
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～ something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
direction
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～ a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals determined the direction of his career"; "they proposed a new direction for the firm"
direction
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～ a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them"
direction
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～ a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury"
direction
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～ the act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?"
direction
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～ the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"
direction
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～ the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind"
direction
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～ the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life"
directional
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～ relating to direction toward a (nonspatial) goal; "he tried to explain the directional trends of modern science"
directional
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～ relating to or indicating directions in space; "a directional microphone"