ORIENTATION

Orientation

In geometry the orientation, angular position, or attitude of an object such as a line, plane or rigid body is part of the description of how it is placed in the space it is in.

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orientation

Noun

  1. The act of orienting or the state of being oriented.
  2. A position relative to compass bearings
  3. The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end
  4. An inclination, tendency or direction
  5. The ability to orient
  6. An adjustment to a new environment
  7. An introduction to a (new) environment
  8. The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait
  9. The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space


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