direct

(adjective)

Straight, constant, without interruption.

Examples of direct in the following topics:

  • Direct Selling

    • Peddling is the oldest form of direct selling.
    • The United States Direct Selling Association (DSA) reported that in 2000, 55 percent of adult Americans had at some point purchased goods or services from a direct selling representative, and 20 percent reported that they were currently (6 percent) direct selling representatives or had been in the past (14 percent).
    • Most national direct selling associations are represented in the World Federation of Direct Selling Associations (WFDSA).
    • Direct selling is distinct from direct marketing because it is about individual sales agents reaching and dealing directly with clients.
    • According to Direct Selling News, the largest direct selling companies by 'revenue in 2011' were:
  • Direct Marketing

    • Direct marketing goes direct to customers via telephone, mail, fax, TV, radio, online, magazines, newspapers or face-to-face.
    • In 2010, direct marketing accounted for 8.3% of the total U.S. gross domestic product.
    • Direct marketing targets individual members of defined consumer groups.
    • There are many different direct marketing tools, including direct mail, telemarketing, couponing, direct response TV and radio, face-to-face selling, community campaigns, and grassroots campaigns.
    • Direct marketing response is track-able and measurable regardless of the delivery medium.
  • Variations in Directness

    • Use force and directness to add dynamic contrast and texture to your speech.
    • Directness is a state of being straight, constant, and without interruption.
    • As you can see, force and directness can be both cause and effect.
    • Certain ideas in your speech may lend themselves to force and directness.
    • Don't be shy about using force or directness with your audience.
  • Direct Lobbying

    • A common use of direct lobbying is to persuade the general public about a ballot proposal.
    • Communications regarding a ballot measure are also considered direct lobbying.
    • Direct lobbying is different from grassroots lobbying, a process that uses direct communication with the general public, which, in turn, contacts and influences the government.
    • Meta-analysis reveals that direct lobbying is often used alongside grassroots lobbying.
    • Senate and House of Representatives are subject to direct lobbying tactics by lobbyists.
  • Direction of the Magnetic Force: The Right Hand Rule

    • The right hand rule is used to determine the direction of the magnetic force on a positive charge.
    • There is a clever way to determine this direction using nothing more than your right hand .
    • The right hand rule states that: to determine the direction of the magnetic force on a positive moving charge, ƒ, point the thumb of the right hand in the direction of v, the fingers in the direction of B, and a perpendicular to the palm points in the direction of F.
    • The force is in the direction you would push with your palm.
    • Apply the right hand rule to determine the direction of the magnetic force on a charge
  • Online Direct Banks

    • A direct bank is a bank without any branch network.
    • Direct banks were originally based on providing banking services via telephone.
    • One of the world's first fully functional direct banks was First Direct, which launched in the United Kingdom on October 1, 1989.
    • First Direct pioneered the concepts of no branches and 24-hour service from a call center.
    • One of the first fully functional direct banks in the United States was the Security First Network Bank (SFNB).
  • Force at an Angle to Displacement

    • As we increase the force's angle with respect to the direction of motion, less and less work is done along the direction that we are considering; and more and more work is being done in another, perpendicular, direction of motion.
    • Instead, we are doing work in another direction!
    • The other 29% is acting along the y-direction.
    • The work done in the x direction will be zero.
    • When along the same direction, they equal one.
  • Scalars vs. Vectors

    • Vectors require two pieces of information: the magnitude and direction .
    • Vectors require both a magnitude and a direction.
    • In order to specify a direction, there must be something to which the direction is relative.
    • Scalars differ from vectors in that they do not have a direction.
    • Vectors are usually represented by arrows with their length representing the magnitude and their direction represented by the direction the arrow points.
  • Direct Variation

    • When two variables change proportionally, or are directly proportional, to each other, they are said to be in direct variation.
    • When two variables change proportionally to each other, they are said to be in direct variation.
    • Direct variation is easily illustrated using a linear graph.
    • Graph of direct variation with the linear equation y=0.8x.
    • The line y=kx is an example of direct variation between variables x and y.
  • Angular Quantities as Vectors

    • The direction of these quantities is inherently difficult to track—a point on a rotating wheel is constantly rotating and changing direction.
    • The direction of angular momentum and velocity can be determined along this axis.
    • Using this right hand rule, the direction of angular velocity ω and angular momentum L are defined as the direction in which the thumb of your right hand points when you curl your fingers in the direction of the disc's rotation.
    • The direction of angular velocity ω size and angular momentum L are defined to be the direction in which the thumb of your right hand points when you curl your fingers in the direction of the disk's rotation as shown.
    • Identify the direction of a vector using the Right Hand Rule
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