directionalityn.
/dɪˌrɛkʃəˈnalɪti/ The state or quality of being directional; maintenance of direction.
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directionality1951
1951 C. Kluckhohn et al. in T. Parsons & E. A. Shils Toward Gen. Theory of Action 405 An individual or group shows a consistent directionality in its selections.
1964 Language 40 250 Linguistic relativity implies a one-way directionality.
1967 Technol. Week 20 Feb. 34/3 Equipped with dipoles, the spacecraft was making cosmic noise measurements with no directionality.
1968 N. Chomsky & M. Halle Sound Pattern Eng. 386 There is..no reason to assume that the restriction has directionality, i.e., should be formalized to operate from left to right.
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