direction of travel
noun/dəˌrekʃn əv ˈtrævl/, /daɪˌrekʃn əv ˈtrævl/
/dəˌrekʃn əv ˈtrævl/, /daɪˌrekʃn əv ˈtrævl/
[usually singular]- the position to which a vehicle or a part of a machine moves
- The direction of travel of the sliding part is indicated by an arrow in the drawings.
- I always prefer to face the direction of travel on a train.
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- the end goal or point towards which a policy or strategy is moving
- Centralization is more a direction of travel than a fixed objective.
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