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Webster 1913 Edition
Orientation
Oˊri-en-ta′tion
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
orientation
.] 1.
The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.
2.
The tendency of a revolving body, when suspended in a certain way, to bring the axis of rotation into parallelism with the earth’s axis.
3.
An aspect or fronting to the east; especially
(Arch.)
, the placing of a church so that the chancel, containing the altar toward which the congregation fronts in worship, will be on the east end. 4.
(Fig.)
: A return to first principles; an orderly arrangement.
The task of
orientation
undertaken in this chapter. L. F. Ward.
Definition 2024
orientation
orientation
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Noun
orientation (countable and uncountable, plural orientations)
- (uncountable) The act of orienting or the state of being oriented.
- (uncountable) A position relative to compass bearings
- (uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end
- (countable) An inclination, tendency or direction
- (countable) The ability to orient
- (countable) An adjustment to a new environment
- (countable) An introduction to a (new) environment
- (typography, countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait
- (mathematics, countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space
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the act of orienting
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position relative to compass bearings
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the oriented construction of a Christian church
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an inclination, tendency or direction
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ability to orient
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introduction to a new environment
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the direction of print across the page
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/
Noun
orientation f (plural orientations)
Related terms
- orientable
- orientement m
- orienter
- orienteur m