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  Direct \Di*rect"\, a. [L. directus, p. p. of dirigere to direct:
     cf. F. direct. See Dress, and cf. Dirge.]
     1. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by
        the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct
        line; direct means.
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              What is direct to, what slides by, the question.
                                                    --Locke.
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     2. Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from
        truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.
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              Be even and direct with me.           --Shak.
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     3. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
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              He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words.
                                                    --Locke.
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              A direct and avowed interference with elections.
                                                    --Hallam.
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     4. In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant
        in the direct line.
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     5. (Astron.) In the direction of the general planetary
        motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs;
        not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial
        body.
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     6. (Political Science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately
        by, action of the people through their votes instead of
        through one or more representatives or delegates; as,
        direct nomination, direct legislation.
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     Direct action.
        (a) (Mach.) See Direct-acting.
        (b) (Trade unions) See Syndicalism, below. [Webster 1913
            Suppl.]
  
     Direct discourse (Gram.), the language of any one quoted
        without change in its form; as, he said ``I can not
        come;'' -- correlative to indirect discourse, in which
        there is change of form; as, he said that he could not
        come. They are often called respectively by their Latin
        names, oratio directa, and oratio obliqua.
  
     Direct evidence (Law), evidence which is positive or not
        inferential; -- opposed to circumstantial evidence, or
        indirect evidence. -- This distinction, however, is
        merely formal, since there is no direct evidence that is
        not circumstantial, or dependent on circumstances for its
        credibility. --Wharton.
  
     Direct examination (Law), the first examination of a
        witness in the orderly course, upon the merits. --Abbott.
  
     Direct fire (Mil.), fire, the direction of which is
        perpendicular to the line of troops or to the parapet
        aimed at.
  
     Direct process (Metal.), one which yields metal in working
        condition by a single process from the ore. --Knight.
  
     Direct tax, a tax assessed directly on lands, etc., and
        polls, distinguished from taxes on merchandise, or
        customs, and from excise.
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  Direct \Di*rect"\, a. [L. directus, p. p. of dirigere to direct:
     cf. F. direct. See Dress, and cf. Dirge.]
     1. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by
        the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct
        line; direct means.
  
              What is direct to, what slides by, the question.
                                                    --Locke.
  
     2. Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from
        truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.
  
              Be even and direct with me.           --Shak.
  
     3. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
  
              He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words.
                                                    --Locke.
  
              A direct and avowed interference with elections.
                                                    --Hallam.
  
     4. In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant
        in the direct line.
  
     5. (Astron.) In the direction of the general planetary
        motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs;
        not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial body.
  
     Direct action. (Mach.) See Direct-acting.
  
     Direct discourse (Gram.), the language of any one quoted
        without change in its form; as, he said ``I can not
        come;'' -- correlative to indirect discourse, in which
        there is change of form; as, he said that he could not
        come. They are often called respectively by their Latin
        names, oratio directa, and oratio obliqua.
  
     Direct evidence (Law), evidence which is positive or not
        inferential; -- opposed to circumstantial, or indirect,
        evidence. -- This distinction, however, is merely formal,
        since there is no direct evidence that is not
        circumstantial, or dependent on circumstances for its
        credibility. --Wharton.
  
     Direct examination (Law), the first examination of a
        witness in the orderly course, upon the merits. --Abbott.
  
     Direct fire (Mil.), fire, the direction of which is
        perpendicular to the line of troops or to the parapet
        aimed at.
  
     Direct process (Metal.), one which yields metal in working
        condition by a single process from the ore. --Knight.
  
     Direct tax, a tax assessed directly on lands, etc., and
        polls, distinguished from taxes on merchandise, or
        customs, and from excise.

  direct fire
       n : fire delivered on a target that is visible to the person
           aiming it

  direct fire
     n.
     The aiming and firing of a projectile at a target in line of sight
  from the weapon.

  direct fire
     n.
     The aiming and firing of a projectile at a target in line of sight
  from the weapon.

  direct fire
     n.
     The aiming and firing of a projectile at a target in line of sight
  from the weapon.

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  direct fire /daɪɹˈɛkt fˈaɪə/
  Feuer leiten, Feuer lenken
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  direct fire /daɪɹˈɛkt fˈaɪə/
  direktes Schießen, Schießen im direkten Richten
   see: fire, interdiction fire, grazing fire, sustained fire, preparation fire, distributed fire, flak, aerial barrage, magazine fire, mortar fire, mortaring, rocket fire, running fire, plunging fire, harassing fire, concentrated fire, light fire, sporadic fire, radar fire, cease fire, Fire at will!, friendly fire, direct fire, indirect fire
  

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