a multidirectional learning experience in which comments from the audience made aperfect complement to the excellent topics and presenters
multidirectional in American English
(ˌmʌltidɪˈrekʃənl, -daiˈrek-, ˌmʌltai-)
adjective
extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction
a multidirectional stereo speaker system
Word origin
[1940–45; multi- + directional]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blockbuster, set-aside, silkscreen, snorkel, updatemulti- is a combining form meaning “many,” “much,” “multiple,” “many times,” “more thanone,” “more than two,” “composed of many like parts,” “in many respects,” used inthe formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix multi- include: multifoil, multihull, multimeter, multipronged, multivalent
Examples of 'multidirectional' in a sentence
multidirectional
I used a multidirectional slice cutting technique to achieve texture and volume.
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The robot's tail houses eight multidirectional thrusters.
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He came down, from some kind of multidirectional spin, landed doing the splits, and then toppled, fractionally, to one side.
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The fighting will be so furious and so multidirectional it will be hard to know what's going on at times.
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As the evocative 'comparative thinking' in the book demonstrates, historical reconstruction need not be in competition with multidirectional memory.