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
It is a multidirectional offensive covered by not so much a fog of war, but a cloud of confusion and diversion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
If there’s any anchor to the multidirectional proceedings in “Shockwave Delay,” it might be the steady voice of the well-known downtown actor Jim Fletcher, who sits at a table side-stage, reading aloud from an iPad.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
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
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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