bidirectional

(adjective)

Operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite).

Related Terms

  • biopsychosocial

Examples of bidirectional in the following topics:

  • The Link Between Psychology and Health

    • Physical and mental health have a bidirectional relationship that can be influenced by many factors, such as exercise and hormones.
    • An example of the bidirectional relationship between mental and physical health can be seen in the association between depression and physical exercise.
  • Bulk Flow: Filtration and Reabsorption

    • The movement of materials across the capillary wall is dependent on pressure and is bidirectional depending on the net filtration pressure derived from the four Starling forces.
  • Anion Regulation

    • The bidirectional arrows indicate that the reactions can go in either direction depending on the concentrations of the reactants and products.
    • In the lungs, CO2 is produced from bicarbonate and removed as metabolic waste through the reverse reaction of the bicarbonate bidirectional equation.
  • Binary Fission

    • Replication of the DNA is bidirectional, moving away from the origin on both strands of the loop simultaneously.
  • Capillaries

    • This allows bidirectional diffusion depending on osmotic gradients.
  • Stepwise Regression

    • Bidirectional elimination, a combination of the above, tests at each step for variables to be included or excluded.
  • Socioemotional Development in Childhood

    • Additionally, the most socially productive relationship between children and adults is bidirectional, where both parties actively define a shared culture.
  • Sympathetic Responses

    • Messages travel through the SNS in a bidirectional flow.
  • Free Bug Trackers

    • It has a fairly intuitive Web-based user interface, flexible configuration (multiple projects, role-based access control, custom fields, etc), Gantt charting, calendaring, bidirectional email interaction, and more.
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