Orientation

The Simple English Wiktionary has a definition for: orientation.

Orientation may refer to:

• Orientation (mental), a function of the mind
• Orientation (movie), a 1996 short movie produced by the Church of Scientology
• Orientation of churches is the custom of having the front of churches on their east side (Latin: oriens)
• Orientation (housing), the position of a building with respect to the sun, a concept in building design
• Student orientation, the first week of a university year in several countries
• Coin orientation and Medallic orientation, a description of the orientation of opposite faces of a coin with respect to one another
• Sexual orientation, the direction of an individual's sexuality relative to the sex of the persons the individual finds sexually attractive
• Map orientation, the relationship between directions on a map and compass directions
• Orientation (EP), a 2001 album by Sonata Arctica
• Page orientation, whether the long or short side of a rectangular page is the bottom for normal viewing

Television

• "Orientation" (Lost), a 2005 episode of American television series Lost
• Orientación, an episode of the American television series Prison Break
• "Orientation" (Heroes), a 2009 episode of American television series Heroes

Mathematics

• Orientation (computer vision), an image processing concept related to one-dimensional characterization of a local image
• Orientation (geometry), placement of an object in a rotational coordinate system with respect to a fixed point and a reference position
• Orientation (vector space), a concept in linear algebra
• Curve orientation, a property of a planar simple closed curve
• Orientability, a property of surfaces in Euclidean space measuring whether or not it is possible to make a consistent choice of surface normal vector at every point
• Orientation character, group homomorphism in surgery theory

Related pages

• Orientability, a concept in topology
• Orientation tensor, a tool in geology/earth science
• Orienteering, a sport involving map orientation
• Orientation and mobility

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