Orientation

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Orientation may refer to:

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
  • Terms of orientation, language used to indicate the orientation of objects

Arts and media

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