orientation

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Synonyms: ostentation, cruentation, reorientation, arrentation, arietation, orientating, orientator, orientations, argentation

Antonyms: ostentation, cruentation, reorientation, arrentation, arietation, orientating, orientator, orientations, argentation

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|countable}} The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
2. {{lb|en|countable}} The relative physical position or direction of something.
3. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The [[construction]] of a [[Christian]] [[church]] to have its [[aisle]] in an [[east]]-[[west]] [[direction]] with the [[altar]] at the east end.
4. {{lb|en|countable}} An [[inclination]], [[tendency]] or [[direction]].
5. {{lb|en|countable}} The [[ability]] to [[orient]], or the process of so doing.
6. {{lb|en|countable}} An [[adjustment]] to a new [[environment]].
7. {{lb|en|countable}} An [[introduction]] to a (new) [[environment]].
8. {{lb|en|typography|countable}} The direction of [[print]] across the [[page]]; [[landscape]] or [[portrait]].
9. {{lb|en|LGBTQ}} {{ellipsis of|en|sexual orientation}}.
10. {{lb|en|analysis|differential geometry|countable}} The [[choice]] of which [[order]]ed [[base]]s are "[[positively]]" oriented and which are "[[negatively]]" oriented on a [[real]] [[vector space]].
11. {{lb|en|analytic geometry|topology|countable}} The designation of a [[parametrised]] curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or [[hypersurface]].

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