Definition of direct

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Direct (n.) A character, thus [/], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation..

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Bureau :: Bureau (n.) Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief.
Blaze :: Blaze (n.) Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; as, to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun..
Polar :: Polar (a.) Of or pertaining to the magnetic pole, or to the point to which the magnetic needle is directed..
Sail :: Sail (v. t.) To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship..
Spectrum :: Spectrum (n.) The several colored and other rays of which light is composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and observed or studied either as spread out on a screen, by direct vision, by photography, or otherwise. See Illust. of Light, and Spectroscope..
Nap :: Nap (n.) Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; -- as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth..
Electricity :: Electricity (n.) A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direction in which involves polarity, or opposition of properties in opposite directions; also, by attraction for many substances, by a law involving attraction between surfaces of unlike polarity, and repulsion between those of like; by exhibiting accumulated polar tension when the circuit is broken; and by producing heat, light, concus
Line :: Line (n.) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy..
Onward :: Onward (a.) Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
Orientate :: Orientate (v. t.) To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward..
Independent :: Independent (a.) Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind..
North :: North (a.) Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the north..
Thermotension :: Thermotension (n.) A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted..
Aslant :: Aslant (adv. & a.) Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.
Command :: Command (v. t.) To direct to come; to bestow.
Object :: Object (v. t.) That by which the mind, or any of its activities, is directed; that on which the purpose are fixed as the end of action or effort; that which is sought for; end; aim; motive; final cause..
Expressly :: Expressly (adv.) In an express manner; in direct terms; with distinct purpose; particularly; as, a book written expressly for the young..
Zeugma :: Zeugma (n.) A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, hic illius arma, hic currus fuit; where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma..
Concentrate :: Concentrate (v. t.) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention..
Effort :: Effort (n.) A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
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