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направление — meaning in English

napravleniye

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English meaning

  • direction noun The line or path along which something moves or faces.
  • heading noun The title or short label at the top of a document, chapter, or section.
  • line noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
  • referral noun The act of sending someone to another person, service, or specialist.
  • sense noun One of the physical faculties — sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch — through which the body perceives the world.
  • tide noun The regular rise and fall of the sea, caused mainly by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
  • trend noun A general direction in which something is developing or changing over time.
  • vector noun In math and physics, a quantity that has both a size (magnitude) and a direction.

Senses

направление is used for these senses in English:

  • direction A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
  • heading (nautical and aeronautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
  • line Direction, path.
  • referral The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.
  • sense (semantics, lexicography) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries or definitions for a word in a dictionary.
  • tide The tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
  • trend An inclination in a particular direction.
  • vector (aviation) A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.

direction — full definition

  1. noun The line or path along which something moves or faces.
  2. noun Guidance or instruction about what to do.
  3. noun The overall course a project, career, or plan is heading in.

heading — full definition

  1. noun The title or short label at the top of a document, chapter, or section.
  2. noun The direction a ship, aircraft, or vehicle is pointed or traveling in, usually measured in degrees.

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