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noun

Orientation n.

The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.

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.

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.

(Fig.): A return to first principles; an orderly arrangement. "The task of orientation undertaken in this chapter."

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Etymology of 'Orientation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Orientation" Quotes from Famous Books

... recognised that such a standard in time changes its length by molecular strain, and by wear and tear: and it will be further noted that, in accordance with certain theories which will be noticed later on, it is not invariable when its orientation is changed. ...

— The New Physics and Its Evolution • Lucien Poincare

... be recalled. In the first place the members of what is called the middle party are recruits not from Nationalism but from Unionism; it is some of the members of the latter party who have abated their vehemence, and not any of those of the former who have altered their orientation in ...

— Ireland and the Home Rule Movement • Michael F. J. McDonnell

... We shall gain our orientation most directly if once more, under this point of view, we compare the photoplay with the performance on the theater stage. We shall not enter into a discussion of the character of the regular theater ...

— The Photoplay - A Psychological Study • Hugo Muensterberg

... oldest tombs we find the skeleton laid upon its left side, with the limbs bent: the knees are on a level with the breast, and the hands are placed in front of the face. Generally the head faces towards the south, but no invariable rule seems to have been observed as to its "orientation." Before the body was laid in the ground it was either wrapped in gazelle skin or laid in loose grass; the substance used for the purposes of wrapping probably depended upon the social condition of the deceased. In burials of this class there are no traces ...

— Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life • E. A. Wallis Budge

... stretched a dismal swamp, interspersed with occasional bits of higher ground. He looked back over the river for a moment, taking his bearings with great care. A luminous lensatic compass gave him the orientation of the points he had chosen ...

— The Great Drought • Sterner St. Paul Meek

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