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*7a : the [[art]] and [[technique]] of directing an [[orchestra]], band, or a show (as for stage or screen)
*7a : the [[art]] and [[technique]] of directing an [[orchestra]], band, or a show (as for stage or screen)
:b : a [[word]], [[phrase]], or sign indicating the appropriate tempo, [[mood]], or [[intensity]] of a passage or movement in [[music]]
:b : a [[word]], [[phrase]], or sign indicating the appropriate tempo, [[mood]], or [[intensity]] of a passage or movement in [[music]]
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==Description==
==Description==
'''Direction''' is the [[information]] contained in the [[relative]] position of one [[point]] with respect to another point without the distance [[information]]. Directions may be either [[relative]] to some indicated [[reference]] (the violins in a full [[orchestra]] are typically seated to the left of the conductor), or [[absolute]] according to some previously agreed upon [[frame of reference]] (New York City lies due west of Madrid). Direction is often indicated manually by an extended index finger or [[written]] as an arrow. On a vertically oriented sign representing a [[horizontal]] [[plane]], such as a road sign, "forward" is usually indicated by an upward arrow. [[Mathematically]], direction may be [[uniquely]] specified by a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_vector unit vector] in a given basis, or equivalently by the angles made by the most direct path with respect to a specified set of axes.
'''Direction''' is the [[information]] contained in the [[relative]] position of one [[point]] with respect to another point without the distance [[information]]. Directions may be either [[relative]] to some indicated [[reference]] (the violins in a full [[orchestra]] are typically seated to the left of the conductor), or [[absolute]] according to some previously agreed upon [[frame of reference]] (New York City lies due west of Madrid). Direction is often indicated manually by an extended index finger or [[written]] as an arrow. On a vertically oriented sign representing a [[horizontal]] [[plane]], such as a road sign, "forward" is usually indicated by an upward arrow. [[Mathematically]], direction may be [[uniquely]] specified by a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_vector unit vector] in a given basis, or equivalently by the angles made by the most direct path with respect to a specified set of axes.