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
Loosening one or two knobs on a RAM Mount gives a device multidirectional movement.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2019
That multidirectional movement takes stunning shape in Holzhauer’s picture of a river that appears to be flowing north, south, east and west — forming an impossible intersection in the middle of nowhere.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2019
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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