different direction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdifferentanddirection
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different
adjective
uk/ˈdɪf.ər.ənt/us/ˈdɪf.ɚ.ənt/
not ...
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direction
noun
uk/daɪˈrek.ʃən/us/dɪˈrek.ʃən/
the position towards which someone or something moves ...
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(Definition ofdifferentanddirectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdifferent direction
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It approaches the viewer from adifferentdirectionfrom the picture, in order to make his emotions resonate.
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But fate took him in adifferentdirection.
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It also helps where the disabled robot becomes obstructed or jammed and needs pushing from a slightlydifferentdirection.
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Friction leaves the barrier height unchanged, but rotates the reaction coordinate to adifferentdirectionin configuration space.
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These discussions lead to my conclusion that economic methodology should be (and has been) turning in rather adifferentdirection.
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However, his speech to the enflamed parliament pointed in a completelydifferentdirection.
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Instead, we show how to extend the monad in adifferentdirection.
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The impact of these factors goes indifferentdirection.
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But the marketplace took him in adifferentdirection.
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To attend to them in detail here would take our discussion in adifferentdirection.
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Changes of comparable size may well have occurred in other countries-perhaps in adifferentdirection.
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When the campaign resumed, it took adifferentdirection.
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Many of the same stories, much evidence and thinking do recur in the present book, but they are aimed in adifferentdirection.
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To represent a signal in adifferentdirection, the diagram would be rotated.
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To compare cells withdifferentdirectionpreferences, all directions were expressed relative to the cell's preferred direction.
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If the disc moves straight down but appears to move in adifferentdirection, the hand follows a curved path.
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Currently, however, this area of research has taken adifferentdirectionfrom that which the authors discuss.
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My concerns about it come from adifferentdirection.
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When the background direction moved in adifferentdirectionfrom the test spot, inhibition was reduced.
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