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Orientation

Noun

Definitions

1.NounThe determination of the relative position of something or someone.
2.NounThe relative physical position or direction of something.
3.NounThe construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.
4.NounAn inclination, tendency or direction.
5.NounThe ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
"The homing instinct in pigeons is an example of orientation."
6.NounAn adjustment to a new environment.
7.NounAn introduction to a (new) environment. Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.
8.NounEvents to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.
9.NounThe direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
10.NounEllipsis of sexual orientation.
11.NounThe choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
12.NounThe designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.
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