multidirectional
See also: multi-directional
English
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From multi- + directional.
Adjective
multidirectional (comparative more multidirectional, superlative most multidirectional)
- Involving or moving in multiple directions.
- Synonym: pluridirectional
- Coordinate terms: unidirectional, omnidirectional
- 2015 August 30, Alastair Macaulay, “Review: At Indian Dance Festival, Subtleties in the Sway of a Torso”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 June 2022:
- Bharatanatyam is the most geometrically multidirectional of the Indian genres — in the nritta sections, Ms. Balasubramanian turned in quick succession to address right, left, behind, ahead, above and below, as well as various diagonals — and the sharp transitions are often not just exciting but also powerfully expressive of the dancer’s setting herself within a larger context.
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