DIRECTIONAL

directing, directional, directive, guiding

(adjective) showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; “felt his mother’s directing arm around him”; “the directional role of science on industrial progress”

directional

(adjective) relating to or indicating directions in space; “a directional microphone”

directional

(adjective) relating to direction toward a (nonspatial) goal; “he tried to explain the directional trends of modern science”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

directional (comparative more directional, superlative most directional)

Indicating direction.

Of or relating to guidance or help.

Noun

directional (plural directionals)

Something that indicates direction, such as a vehicle's turn signal.

Hyponyms

• bi-directional

• uni-directional

Anagrams

• clitoridean, laterocidin

Source: Wiktionary



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POPULATED

(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; “the area is well populated”; “forests populated with all kinds of wild life”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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