multidirectional
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of multidirectional
First recorded in 1940–45; multi- + directional
Example Sentences
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These organs have a complex and multidirectional communication system that touches everything from our gastrointestinal tract to the nervous system.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2024
To increase the empire’s wealth and dissipate potential restless energy that might be turned on him, he undertook multidirectional expansion.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
New multidirectional horizontal or vertical mounting wall sconce lights can brighten up any bathroom — in more ways than one!
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2022
The result at the Whitney is a study in multidirectional flow, tides meeting and mingling, which is the basic dynamic of art history, as it is, or should be, of American life.
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2020
Out the door, up the stairs, down the hall to one of those multidirectional elevators, and finally we arrive at Special Defense.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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