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Change of direction   /tʃeɪndʒ əv dərˈɛkʃən/   Listen
Change of direction

noun
1.
The act of changing the direction in which something is oriented.  Synonym: reorientation.






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"Change of direction" Quotes from Famous Books



... full of laughter, waving their hats as they came on, and crying (as the fancy struck them) "Tally-ho!" "Stop, thief!" "A highwayman! A highwayman!" It was other guesswork with Bellamy. That gentleman no sooner observed our change of direction than he turned his horse with so much violence that the poor animal was almost cast upon its side, and launched her in immediate and desperate pursuit. As he approached I saw that his face was deadly white and that he carried a drawn pistol in his hand. ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

... internodes and tendrils revolve in ellipses. The ellipses are generally very narrow, but sometimes approach to circles. I several times observed that the longer axis slowly changed its direction, which is of importance, as the tendril thus sweeps a wider space. Owing to this change of direction, and likewise to the movement of the stem towards the light, the successive irregular ellipses generally form an irregular spire. I have thought it worth while to annex a tracing of the course pursued by the upper internode (the movement ...
— The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants • Charles Darwin



Words linked to "Change of direction" :   reverse, reorientation, turn, turnaround, change of course, reversion, turnabout, change, reversal



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