Definitions for directionality
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. directivity, directionalitynoun

   the property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another

   "the antenna received signals with no directivity"

2. directionalitynoun

   the property of being directional or maintaining a direction

   "the directionality of written English is from left to right"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. directionalitynoun

   The condition of being directional

2. directionalitynoun

   A measure of the extent to which something is directional

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1. directionality

   Directionality refers to the property or characteristic of something that shows, has, or flows in a specific direction. It could be a characteristic of physical entities like light or sound, biological processes, or even abstract concepts like writing systems. The term is typically used in various fields such as molecular biology, neuroscience, physics and more, to describe the orientation or the way something moves or develops from one point to another.

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1. Directionality

   Directionality, in molecular biology and biochemistry, is the end-to-end chemical orientation of a single strand of nucleic acid. The chemical convention of naming carbon atoms in the nucleotide sugar-ring numerically gives rise to a 5′-end and a 3′-end. The relative positions of structures along a strand of nucleic acid, including genes and various protein binding sites, are usually noted as being either upstream or downstream. This naming convention is important because nucleic acids can only be synthesized in vivo in the 5′-to-3′ direction, as the polymerase that assembles new strands only attaches new nucleotides to the 3′-hydroxyl group, via a phosphodiester bond. Directionality is related to, but independent from sense. In coding DNA, codons read 5′–ATG–⋯–3′ on the sense strand, and 3′–TAC–⋯–5′ on the complementary antisense strand. Thus only the antisense strand will translate to sense mRNA. By convention, single strands of DNA and RNA sequences are written in 5′-to-3′ direction.

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How to pronounce directionality?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say directionality in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of directionality in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of directionality in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of directionality in a Sentence

1. Supriya Mehta:

   I would like for clinicians, researchers, and the public to be inclusive of male sex partners in their efforts to improve women's reproductive health, not to place directionality or blame on one partner or another, but to increase the options and opportunity for improved reproductive health, and hopefully reduce stigma from BV.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=directionality
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Directionality
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=directionality