Meaning & use

omnidirectional

adjective·Advanced

Able to send, receive, or move signals or objects in all directions at once.

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The speaker's omnidirectional microphone picked up voices from every side of the conference table.

Engineers designed the antenna to be omnidirectional so it could serve users in any location.

A note on using this word

Omnidirectional is common in technical contexts like antennas, microphones, and sensors that work equally in every direction.

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Words with an opposite meaning

directional

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