(geography) Any of the four intermediate compass directions located halfway between the cardinal directions - northeast, southeast, southwest and northwest.

plural of direct object

plural of directed edge

(grammar, narratology) the writing of speech, using the exact words of the speaker, usually between quotation marks

(business, marketing) Marketing that reaches customers by communications directly addressed to the customer. Methods of digital marketing include reaching potential customers, donors, patrons through placing live phone calls from an agent.

plural of directional pad

Synonym of d-pad

plural of directed set

(algebra, set theory) A set equipped with a preorder such that for any two elements a and b there is an element c such that a ≤ c and b ≤ c.

Control by the central government of an area that has had its own governing body in the past.