"directionality" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: directionalities [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English direction English -al English directional Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English directionality From directional + -ity. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|directional|-ity|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English direction English -al English directional Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English directionality [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ty", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ts", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂ts", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-itās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "directionality", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="directionality"> From directional + -ity. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} directionality (countable and uncountable, plural directionalities)
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being directional. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-directionality-en-noun-2y3npoiF Categories (other): English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 53 47
  2. (countable) A measure of the extent to which something is directional. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-directionality-en-noun-R4XxKRVJ Categories (other): English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 37 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bi-directionality, isodirectionality, multidirectionality, non-directionality, uni-directionality

Inflected forms

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