Meaning & use
omnidirectional
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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