A form of political activism in which participants act directly, ignoring established political procedures. It may take the form of strikes, workplace occupations, sabotage, sit-ins, squatting, revolutionary/guerrilla warfare, demonstrations, vandalism or graffiti.

plural of direct examination

(law) In a legal trial, the questioning of a witness by the attorney for the party who has called the witness to testify.

(algebraic geometry) The direction aligned with the z-axis of a coordinate system.

(algebraic geometry) The direction aligned with the x-axis of a coordinate system.

(set theory) The set of all possible tuples whose elements are elements of given, separately specified, sets.

(algebraic geometry) The direction aligned with the y-axis of a coordinate system.

Of a motion picture, originally released in a home video format (historically VHS) without being released to cinemas or broadcast on television.

An instruction given to an actor that tells the actor what should be done and in what manner to do it.

Misspelling of unidirectional.