Definition of: direction

(di·rek′shən, dī-) noun
1. The position of one point in relation to another without reference to the intervening distance.
2. The trend of a line or of a course of motion, as determined by its spatial relation with some fixed standard of reference; loosely, the trend of a line or course as determined by its extremity.
3. Tendency; aim.
4. The act of directing, governing, or ordering; superintendence; administration.
5. Instruction; command; order.
6. The name and residence of a person; address.
7. Music A sign, phrase, or word, in a score designating the proper mood, intensity, etc., of a passage. Synonyms: aim, bearing, course, inclination, tendency, way. The direction of an object is the line of motion or of vision toward it, or the line in which the object is moving, considered from one's own standpoint. Way, literally the road or path, comes naturally to mean the direction of the road or path. Bearing is direction with reference to another object or to the points of the compass. Course is the direction of a moving object; inclination, that toward which an object leans; tendency, that toward which anything stretches or reaches out; tendency is stronger and more active than inclination. See AIM, CARE, INCLINATION, ORDER, OVERSIGHT.