Orientation (geometry)
WordNet
noun
(1) A course introducing a new situation or environment
(2) The act of orienting
(3) A person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships
(4) A predisposition in favor of something
"A predilection for expensive cars"
"His sexual preferences"
"Showed a Marxist orientation"
(5) An integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
(6) Position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The act of orienting or the state of being oriented.
- A position relative to compass bearings
- 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
- An adjustment to a new environment
- An introduction to a (new) environment
- The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait
- The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space