Definition of direct

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Direct (a.) In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line..

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Endermic :: Endermic (a.) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin..
Tangential :: Tangential (a.) Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.
Water Wheel :: Water wheel () Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an intermediate point; other forms are called reaction wheel, vortex wheel, turbine wheel, etc..
Drive :: Drive (v. i.) To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door..
Overreach :: Overreach (v. t.) To reach above or beyond in any direction.
Witness :: Witness (v. t.) To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of.
Northwestern :: Northwestern (a.) Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course..
Induction :: Induction (n.) The property by which one body, having electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in another body without direct contact; an impress of electrical or magnetic force or condition from one body on another without actual contact..
Traumatism :: Traumatism (n.) A wound or injury directly produced by causes external to the body; also, violence producing a wound or injury; as, rupture of the stomach caused by traumatism..
Cynical :: Cynical (a.) Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by moral principles; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes which are not suggested or directed by self-interest or self-indulgence; as, a cynical man who scoffs at pretensions of integrity; characterized by such opinions; as, cynical views of human nature..
Discordant :: Discordant (n.) Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault..
Heterodromous :: Heterodromous (a.) Moving in opposite directions; -- said of a lever, pulley, etc., in which the resistance and the actuating force are on opposite sides of the fulcrum or axis..
Muconic :: Muconic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid, obtained indirectly from mucic acid, and somewhat resembling itaconic acid..
Twilight :: Twilight (n.) The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18? below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth..
Holophote :: Holophote (n.) A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction; -- used in lighthouses.
Purpose :: Purpose (n.) That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan..
Orientate :: Orientate (v. t.) To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward..
Marker :: Marker (n.) The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment..
Isodiametric :: Isodiametric (a.) Developed alike in the directions of the several lateral axes; -- said of crystals of both the tetragonal and hexagonal systems.
Misderive :: Misderive (v. t.) To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect.
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