orientation

== English == === Etymology === From French orientation. By surface analysis, orient +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɔɹiɛnˈteɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === orientation (countable and uncountable, plural orientations) (countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone. (countable) The relative physical position or direction of something. (uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end. (countable) An inclination, tendency or direction. (countable) The ability to orient, or the process of so doing. Antonym: disorientation (countable) An adjustment to a new environment. (countable) An introduction to a (new) environment. (education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school. (typography, countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait. (LGBTQ) Ellipsis of sexual orientation. (mathematical analysis, differential geometry, countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space. (analytic geometry, topology, countable) The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: オリエンテーション (orientēshon) → Korean: 오리엔테이션 (orienteisyeon) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== attraction == French == === Etymology === From orienter +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === orientation f (plural orientations) orientation ==== Derived terms ==== course d'orientation orientation sexuelle ==== Related terms ==== orientable orientement m orienteur m ==== Descendants ==== → Turkish: oryantasyon === Further reading === “orientation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012