Collocations withdirection
These are words often used in combination withdirection.
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axial direction
The streams of the coronal plasma are found to be nonuniform in the axial direction.
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causal direction
Untangling the causal direction allows us to investigate whether political conversation makes good citizens, or whether it is good citizens who engage in political conversation.
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changed direction
The changed direction of patterns observed in 1982 on the snow surface on top of the peninsula, would tend to support this idea.
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changing direction
The circular arc assumption also implies that the robot employs a constant steering angle when changing direction.
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clockwise direction
The stages commence at the top and move in clockwise direction.
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contrary direction
But another current of history writing is pushing in a second and contrary direction.
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counterclockwise direction
For the actual obstacle configuration, the robot must circumvent the obstacles in the counterclockwise direction.
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desired direction
The modification is in the desired direction because the linear current turned out to be too wide to fit the observationsof the undercurrent.
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diagonal direction
Thus, the information transport takes place along characteristic curves, which are straight lines in diagonal direction.
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different direction
It approaches the viewer from a different direction from the picture, in order to make his emotions resonate.
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direction of causality
However, it should be borne in mind that the direction of causality in these hypothesized relationships is likely to be complex.
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direction of rotation
The depicted direction of rotation is clockwise as seen from above.
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driving direction
The motorway consists of two traffic lanes and an emergency lane in each driving direction, separated by a central reservation, except at the two bridges.
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expected direction
The measure also appears to have good predictive validity and correlates with a variety of physiological variables in the expected direction.
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forward direction
The x-axis points to the forward direction, the z-axis points upward, and the y-axis is a cross-product of the z-axis and x-axis.
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general direction
They face in the general direction required by this hypothesis but the placing of their doors often misses the position of the sunrise.
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horizontal direction
Hex groups, represented by horizontal dots that indicate the possible expansion of one or more columns in the horizontal direction.
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in an easterly direction
These are visible while travelling in an easterly direction and provide a focal point for the strip.
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in the transverse direction
Both the magnetic and the electric field are localized in a narrow domain elongated in the transverse direction.
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lateral direction
There are several ways to correct the drifting in the lateral direction.
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longitudinal direction
In this case the particle not only oscillates in the azimuthal direction, but starts moving in the longitudinal direction, along the z-axis.
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new direction
These insights may offer a new direction for the third phase of primary care research methodology to complement the more traditional approaches.
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north-south direction
Simulated gaps were created by suspending tree pots within growing frames aligned in a north-south direction.
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northerly direction
Another part of the population migrates in a westerly direction, and one goldcrest was even found to migrate in a northerly direction.
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opposing direction
Neither was up to modern freeway standards, utilizing left turns across the opposing direction at access points.
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opposite direction
Our results support this pattern of larval drift and adult migration in the opposite direction.
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orthogonal direction
The plate is moved in the orthogonal direction, the emitted light being collected by a suitable light guide and recorded by a photomultiplier.
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positive direction
Perceived threat significantly predicted active and avoidant coping and child-report of symptoms in the positive direction, as hypothesized.
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predicted direction
As seen, this variable is statistically significant (p 0.001) and in the predicted direction.
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preferred direction
The principal effect of the fibre is to introduce a preferred direction (the fibre direction) in the fluid.
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promising direction
In conclusion, the present paper forms a very interesting and stimulating approach to mixed language varieties and offers a promising direction for future research.
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radial direction
Clearly, the turbulent cells are almost isotropic and not particularly elongated in the radial direction.
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random direction
More precisely, the robot will turn right with a probability when it runs into an obstacle and with the probability 1 it will proceed in a random direction.
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right direction
I believe this argument to be an important step in the right direction, but it takes us only halfway.
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sense of direction
The history of the idea of the self has a powerful new sense of direction.
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southeasterly direction
These gorges are filled with southeasterly direction downstream rain waters.
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southerly direction
However, a canoe was spotted, 'annexed,' and 'with rather less than an inch of freeboard' they set off in a southerly direction.
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specified direction
The reach itself was initiated once activation reached a certain threshold, sufficient to activate the muscles to move the arm in the specified direction.
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spiritual direction
He regarded himself as guiding the patient back to health in the same way that a priest would guide those to whom he gave spiritual direction.
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strategic direction
It also gave them the possibility to consolidate their position as those responsible for the ideological and strategic direction of the party.
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unexpected direction
It is interesting that this distinction receives empirical support from an unexpected direction.
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upward direction
Similarly, profiles (b)-(a), gathered in the upward direction, appear slightly less adiabatic than the instantaneous mean state.
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vertical direction
The point to emphasize is that we assume the permeability k to vary in the vertical direction.
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westerly direction
Therefore, the robot should move around the chemical releaser in the westerly direction before pushing the chemical releaser to the east.
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wrong direction
From a developmental perspective, however, the search for more variables and more sophisticated data modeling techniques may be grasps in the wrong direction.
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