omnidirectional

adjective

om·​ni·​di·​rec·​tion·​al ˌäm-ni-də-ˈrek-sh(ə-)nəl 

-ˌnī-,

-(ˌ)dī-

: being in or involving all directions

especially : receiving or sending radio waves equally well in all directions

omnidirectional antenna

Examples of omnidirectional in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Finally, the mobile base includes omnidirectional wheels, Hall sensors and IMU, an RP Lidar S2 and a LiFePO₄ Battery. —Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025

Cliff sensors circle the perimeter, and an omnidirectional caster wheel and a side brush sit on the front edge. —PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025

Guests will enter the Ministry’s grand atrium and venture through other departments before boarding omnidirectional lifts to watch the trial — until Umbridge attempts to escape. —Tom Tapp, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025

The primary retracting wheels flank the brush roll, with an omnidirectional caster wheel at the front of the underbelly. —PCMAG, 28 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for omnidirectional

• multidirectional
• unidirectional
• affectional
• correctional
• directional
• inflectional
• bidirectional
• intersectional
• sectional