directional

Adjective

• showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on
  • felt his mother's directing arm around him
    
  • the directional role of science on industrial progress
    

• relating to direction toward a (nonspatial) goal
  • he tried to explain the directional trends of modern science
    

• relating to or indicating directions in space
  • a directional microphone
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  directing , directive , guiding