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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
omnidirectional

1927, from omni- + directional (see direction).

Wiktionary
omnidirectional

a. In every direction, especially of an antenna capable of transmitting or receiving signals in all directions, or of a microphone capable of detecting sound from all directions.

WordNet
omnidirectional

adj. not directional; "omnidirectional antenna" [ant: directional]

Wikipedia
Omnidirectional

Omnidirectional refers to the notion of existing in every direction. Omnidirectional devices include:

  • Omnidirectional antenna, an antenna that radiates equally in all directions
  • VHF omnidirectional range, a type of radio navigation system for aircraft
  • Omnidirectional camera, a camera that can see all 360 degrees around it
  • Omnidirectional treadmill, a treadmill that allows a person to walk in any direction without moving
  • Omnidirectional microphone, a microphone that can hear from all directions
  • Mecanum wheel, a specially designed wheel that allows movement in any direction, such as that used by many robots in the RoboCup Small Size League

Usage examples of "omnidirectional".

The FAA assigned omni codes and persisted in using dah dah dah, dah dah dit dit, dit dah dit for OZark, which had never had an omnidirectional navigation aid, even before Fort Rucker.

Although individual bacteria also use omnidirectional radiation to communicate with their closest neighbors at the distances of up to a few millimeters, the strength of such signal is very low and it cannot be used for communications at a long range of, say, tens of meters.

Crossing her fingers in her mind, Cirri sent out her omnidirectional Bluetooth ID signal, itself limited to the same range as the iDream.

Behind the crew cabin was the drivetrain and the power plant, thermal radiator wings, pressure tanks for consumables, and a small omnidirectional antenna that could transmit either to the orbital relay satellite or back to the habitat module.

The omnidirectional infrared unit attached to your laptop allows us to communicate only through the standard net, and only from a roaming-enabled access point.

They have Tactical Air Navigation, and a VHF omnidirectional radio beacon.

He pounded his fists together and stared up at the sky with bitter eyes, but the alien stars mocked him, and his jaw clenched as he powered his com implant and sent out a full-powered omnidirectional pulse, heedless of the quarantine system's sensors.

As hypothetical ARS extant (transferred, by whatever means, from your nonquantum state Outside), you have the benefit of an omnidirectional viewpoint and are able to observe, regarding this event, that the earth along the eclipse path and its outer borders of partial darkness resembles a charred immensity, children with begging bowls, men surrendered to meditation.

Since the communications dish hadn't been deployed yet, we planned to use the omnidirectional antenna.

The suit sports high-intensity worklamps and a radio equipped with an omnidirectional antenna.

Its omnidirectional antenna had been replaced by a tweeter-like horn, and there were other changes I vaguely perceived but was not equipped to recognize.

Even the best sensors had an omnidirectional range of little more than seventy-two light-minutes against something as small as a starship's drive field, and given that their entry warp point had been a closed one five light-hours from the primary, no one could even have known where it was in order to keep a sensor watch on it.