DIRECT
Di*rect", v. i.
Defn: To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.
Wisdom is profitable to direct. Eccl. x. 10.
DIRECT
Di*rect", n. (Mus.)
Defn: A character, thus [ Moore (Encyc. of Music).
DIRECT-ACTING
Di*rect"-act`ing, a. (Mach.)
Defn: Acting directly, as one part upon another, without the intervention of other working parts. Direct-acting steam engine, one in which motion is transmitted to the crank without the intervention of a beam or lever; — also called direct-action steam engine. — Direct-acting steam pump, one in which the steam piston rod is directly connected with the pump rod; — also called direct-action steam pump.
DIRECT ACTION
Direct action. (Trade unions)
Defn: See Syndicalism, below.
DIRECT-COUPLED
Di*rect"-cou"pled, a.
Defn: Coupled without intermediate connections, as an engine and a dynamo.