orientation
nounUS /ˌɔː.ɹi.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/ · CA, US /ˌoɹiɛnˈteɪʃən/
Etymology From French orientation. By surface analysis, orient + -ation.
12 senses
- 1The determination of the relative position of something…
- 2The relative physical position or direction of something.
- 3The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle…
- 4An inclination, tendency or direction.
- 5The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
- 6An adjustment to a new environment.
- 7An introduction to a (new) environment.
- 8Events to orient new students at a school; events to…
- 9The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
- 10Ellipsis of sexual orientation.
- 11The choice of which ordered bases are "positively"…
- 12The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively"…
The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
The relative physical position or direction of something.
The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.
An inclination, tendency or direction.
The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
- The homing instinct in pigeons is an example of orientation.
An adjustment to a new environment.
An introduction to a (new) environment.
Education Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.
Media, Publishing, Typography The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of sexual orientation.
- And now, I want to help other asexual people to embrace their orientation without an instilled core of self-doubt.2014 June 18, Julie Sondra Decker, “How to Tell If You Are Asexual”, in Time:
Mathematical analysis, Mathematics, Sciences The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
Differential geometry
Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences, Topology Analytic The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.
- Derived terms
- biorientation, class-orientation, coorientation, family of orientation, macro-level orientation, malorientation, micro-level orientation, misorientation, monoorientation, multiorientation, orientational, orientation cage, orientation camp, orientation course, orientationist, orientation week, photoorientation, preorientation, reorientation, romantic orientation, sexual orientation
- Related terms
- nonorientable, orient, orientable, orientalism, orientate, orienteer, attraction