Orientation Definition

ôrē-ĕn-tāshən, -ən-
orientations
noun
orientations
An orienting or being oriented.
Webster's New World
Position with relation to the points of the compass.
Webster's New World
The planning of church architecture so that the altar is in the east end.
Webster's New World
The direction followed in the course of a trend, movement, or development.
American Heritage
A person's fundamental feelings about or responses to something.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Orientation

Noun

Singular:
orientation
Plural:
orientations

Origin of Orientation

  • orient +"Ž -ation

    From Wiktionary

Orientation Sentence Examples

  • It stood to the east of the latter, and had a different orientation, viz.

  • This result is inconsistent with the aether remaining at rest, unless we assume that the dimensions of the moving system depend, though to an extent so small as to be not otherwise detectable, on its orientation with regard to the aether that is streaming through it.

  • Before Carmen left, she invited them all to breakfast and orientation before the first ride in the morning.

  • When they were all seated and attentive, she began with the orientation she had been memorizing for the last two weeks.

  • He defined structure " as the manner of the mutual linking of the atoms in the molecule," but denied that any such structure could give information as to the orientation of the atoms in space.

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Words Starting With

OORORI

Words Ending With

NONION

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orientation

Words Starting With O and Ending With N

Starts With O & Ends With NStarts With OR & Ends With NStarts With O & Ends With ON

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With O11 Letter Words Ending With N