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• Orientation — O ri*en*ta tion, n. [Cf. F. orientation.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings. [1913 Webster] 2. The tendency of a revolving body, when suspended… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Orientation (geometry) — This article is about the orientation or attitude of an object in space. For orientation as a property in linear algebra, see Orientation (vector space). Changing orientation of a rigid body is the same as rotating the axes of a reference frame… …   Wikipedia

• Orientation entanglement — In mathematics and physics, the notion of orientation entanglement is sometimes[1] used to develop intuition relating to the geometry of spinors or alternatively as a concrete realization of the failure of the special orthogonal groups to be… …   Wikipedia

• Axis mundi — Navel of the World redirects here. For other uses, see Navel of the World (disambiguation). Mount Kailash, depicting the holy family: of Shiva and Parvati cradling Skanda with Ganesha by Shiva s side The axis mundi (also cosmic axis, world axis,… …   Wikipedia

• Orientation (vector space) — See also: orientation (geometry) The left handed orientation is shown on the left, and the right handed on the right. In mathematics, orientation is a notion that in two dimensions allows one to say when a cycle goes around clockwise or… …   Wikipedia

• Orientation (physical) — For other uses, see orientation. Orientation means direction of some axis or vector or pseudo vector.It can be orientation of an arrow of a compass, or orientation of the director in the nematic liquid crystal, as orientation of an electric or… …   Wikipedia

• orientation — orientative, adj. /awr ee euhn tay sheuhn, en , ohr /, n. 1. the act or process of orienting. 2. the state of being oriented. 3. an introduction, as to guide one in adjusting to new surroundings, employment, activity, or the like: New employees… …   Universalium

• axis — noun /ˈæksɪs,ˈæksəs/ a) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry). The Earth rotates once a day on its axis. b) A fixed one dimensional figure, such as a line or arc,… …   Wiktionary

• Orientation towards the East — Since the early days of Christianity, the east has been the direction designated to be faced during prayers, both by the officiating priest and by the congregation. This has to be taken into account in building a church, so the altar must be… …   Dictionary of church terms

• Orientation —   The alignment of a building along a given axis to face a specific geographical direction. The alignment of a solar collector, in number of degrees east or west of true south.   ***   the position of a building relative to the points of a… …   Energy terms

• Page orientation — is the way in which a rectangular page is oriented for normal viewing. The two most common types of orientation are portrait and landscape. The specific word definition comes from the fact that a close up portrait of a person s face and upper… …   Wikipedia