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Unidirectional vs Unidirectionality - What's the difference?

unidirectional | unidirectionality |

As an adjective unidirectional

is pertaining to only one direction, eg: where all component parts are aligned in the same direction in space.

As a noun unidirectionality is

the state or condition of being 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

    unidirectionality

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or condition of being unidirectional.