orientation

plural orientations

1. countableThe determination of the relative position of something or someone.
2. countableThe relative physical position or direction of something.
3. uncountableThe construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.
4. countableAn inclination, tendency or direction.
5. countableThe ability to orient, or the process of so doing.

   The homing instinct in pigeons is an example of orientation.

   Antonyms: disorientation

6. countableAn adjustment to a new environment.
7. countableAn introduction to a (new) environment.
   1. countableuncountableeducationEvents to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.
8. countablemediaThe direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
9. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of sexual orientation.

   And now, I want to help other asexual people to embrace their orientation without an instilled core of self-doubt.

   2014 June 18, Julie Sondra Decker, “How to Tell If You Are Asexual”, in Time, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2025

10. countabledifferential geometrymathematical analysisThe choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
11. analyticcountablegeometryThe designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.