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Unidirectional vs Nonunidirectional - What's the difference?

unidirectional | nonunidirectional |

As adjectives the difference between unidirectional and nonunidirectional

is that unidirectional is pertaining to only one direction, e.g.: where all component parts are aligned in the same direction in space while nonunidirectional is not unidirectional.

unidirectional

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Pertaining to only one direction, e.g.: where all component parts are aligned in the same direction in space.
  • * 2005 , Richard Samson, Training for the New Millennium: Pedagogies for translation and interpreting , edited by Martha Tennent, Benjamins Translation Library, p. 119:
    • Equally important is the class mailing list, which facilitates two-way communication at a distance. (By contrast, the web page is basically a unidirectional teacher-to-student communication.)

    Antonyms

    * bidirectional

    See also

    * omnidirectional

    nonunidirectional

    English

    Alternative forms

    *non-unidirectional

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (engineering) Not unidirectional
  • *{{quote-book, 1999, Thomas A. Barber, Control of Particulate Matter Contamination in Healthcare Manufacturing, isbn=1574910728 citation
    • , passage=These particles are large enough to settle from air in areas of nonunidirectional flow. }}

    Synonyms

    *multidirectional

    Derived terms

    *nonunidirectionally