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Orientation   /ˌɔriɛntˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Orientation

noun
1.
The act of orienting.
2.
An integrated set of attitudes and beliefs.
3.
Position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions.
4.
A predisposition in favor of something.  Synonyms: predilection, preference.  "His sexual preferences" , "Showed a Marxist orientation"
5.
A person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships.
6.
A course introducing a new situation or environment.  Synonym: orientation course.



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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


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