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The definition of direction

11 Definitions of: direction

    1. noun, the act of directing or the state of being directed
    2. noun, management, control, or guidance
    3. noun, the work of a stage or film director
    4. noun, the course or line along which a person or thing moves, points, or lies
    5. noun, the course along which a ship, aircraft, etc, is travelling, expressed as the angle between true or magnetic north and an imaginary line through the main fore-and-aft axis of the vessel
    6. noun, the place towards which a person or thing is directed
    7. noun, a line of action; course
    8. noun, the name and address on a letter, parcel, etc
    9. noun, music the process of conducting an orchestra, choir, etc
    10. noun, music an instruction in the form of a word or symbol heading or occurring in the body of a passage, movement, or piece to indicate tempo, dynamics, mood, etc
    11. noun, maths a) (of an angle) being any one of the three angles that a line in space makes with the three positive directions of the coordinate axes. Usually given as α, β, and γ with respect to the x-, y-, and z-axes b) (of a cosine) being the cosine of any of the direction angles ▷ See also directions
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Synonyms: control, bias, way, course, line, road, track, bearing, route, path And more...
 

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