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Orientation
//ˌɔɹiɛnˈteɪʃən// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The determination of the relative position of something or someone. countable
- 2 a course introducing a new situation or environment wordnet
- 3 The relative physical position or direction of something. countable
- 4 the act of orienting wordnet
- 5 The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end. uncountable
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- 6 a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships wordnet
- 7 An inclination, tendency or direction. countable
- 8 a predisposition in favor of something wordnet
- 9 The ability to orient, or the process of so doing. countable
"The homing instinct in pigeons is an example of orientation."
- 10 an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs wordnet
- 11 An adjustment to a new environment. countable
- 12 position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions wordnet
- 13 An introduction to a (new) environment. countable
- 14 An introduction to a (new) environment.; Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school. countable, uncountable
- 15 The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait. countable
- 16 Ellipsis of sexual orientation. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
"And now, I want to help other asexual people to embrace their orientation without an instilled core of self-doubt."
- 17 The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space. countable
- 18 The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface. analytic, countable
Etymology
From French orientation. By surface analysis, orient + -ation.
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