direction




the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves

"he checked the direction and velocity of the wind"

Type of:
  • position; spatial relation

Types:
  • frontage
  • orientation
  • opposition
  • windward
  • leeward
  • seaward
  • compass point; point
  • north; magnetic north; compass north
  • north
  • northeast
  • east
  • southeast
  • south
  • southwest
  • west
  • northwest


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