orientation

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“The homing instinct in pigeons is an example of orientation.”

“And now, I want⟳ to help⟳ other asexual people to embrace their orientation without an instilled core of self-doubt.”

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