Meaning & use

multidirectional

adjective·Academic

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Moving, functioning, or extending in more than one direction.

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The speaker was designed with a multidirectional microphone that picks up sound from all around the room.

The company adopted multidirectional feedback, letting employees review managers as well as the reverse.

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Used across fields from acoustics and robotics to management theory, wherever movement or influence flows both ways rather than one.

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