orientation

Definitions

noun the attitudes, views or aims of a person or organisation
noun the process of helping people to get to know a place, job or subject
noun the direction that something faces, or the line of that direction in relation to the compass

noun the tendency of plastic molecules if stretched, to align themselves in the direction of the stress

noun the direction of a page, either landscape, with long edge horizontal, or portrait, with long edge vertical

The siting of a building relative to compass direction and, therefore, to the sun, which can impact heating, lighting, and cooling costs.

The location or position of something relative to a point, direction, object, or the like. Also, the act of locating or positioning. For instance, the alignment of the magnetic particles on a magnetic tape, or the direction in which a vector, or a set of vectors point in.
The location or position of a directional device. For instance, the direction a directional antenna or microphone is pointed in.
The location or position of something relative to Cartesian axes, the markings of a compass, or the like.
When there is a choice between landscape mode and portrait mode, the selected orientation.

noun information or training that is necessary in order to understand a new subject, job, activity or situation

noun the way in which people stand or hold themselves in relation to each other when they meet, an element of non-verbal communication
noun in typography, the position of a piece of paper in relation to the text that runs across it.

noun the exact position of somebody or something in relation to the points of the compass and to other objects or natural features
noun an action of orientating yourself
noun a map reading race, where competitors navigate their way from one location to another

noun a measurement of the ‘slant’ of a character in a typeface, e.g. normal or italic

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