Orientation
Orientation may refer to:
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Positioning in physical space
- Map orientation, the relationship between directions on a map and compass directions
- Orientation (housing), the position of a building with respect to the sun, a concept in building design
- Orientation of churches, the architectural feature of facing ("orienting"), churches towards the east (Latin: oriens)
- Coin orientation, a description of the orientation of opposite faces of a coin with respect to one another
- Page orientation, the way in which a rectangular page is oriented for normal viewing
- In Animal navigation, turning the body to a desired heading, e.g. in the correct direction of migration
- Orientation (sign language), the orientation of the hands when signing
Arts and media
- Orientation (EP), a 2001 album by Sonata Arctica
- Orientation (film), a 1996 short film produced by the Church of Scientology
- "Orientation" (Lost), a 2005 episode of American television series Lost
- "Orientación", an episode of the American television series Prison Break
- "Orientation" (Heroes), a 2009 episode of American television series Heroes
- Orientation (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), an episode of the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Mathematics
- Orientation (geometry), the direction in which a geometrical object is pointed
- Orientation (space), the choice, in a space, between "clockwise" and "counterclockwise"
- Orientation (vector space), the specific case of linear algebra
- Orientability, a property of a geometrical space which allows choosing an orientation, that is, distinguishing an object in the space from its mirror image
- Orientation character, a character of the fundamental group that "measures" the orientability of a manifold.
- Curve orientation, the choice of a direction for a point moving on a curve
- Orientation (graph theory), an assignment of a direction (orientation) to each edge of an undirected graph
Other uses
- Orientation (mental), a function of the mind
- Romantic orientation, the sex or gender with which a person is most likely to have a romantic relationship or fall in love
- Sexual orientation, the direction of an individual's sexuality with respect to the sex of the persons the individual finds sexually attractive
- Student orientation, the first week of a university year in several countries
See also
- Oriented (film), a 2015 documentary film
- Orientation tensor, a tool in geology/earth sciences
- Orienteering, a sport involving map orientation
- Orientation and Mobility
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