Orientation may refer to:

Positioning in physical space

  • Map orientation, the relationship between directions on a map and compass directions
  • Orientation (housing), the position of a building with respect to the sun, a concept in building design
  • Orientation of churches, the architectural feature of facing ("orienting"), churches towards the east (Latin: oriens)
  • Coin orientation, a description of the orientation of opposite faces of a coin with respect to one another
  • Page orientation, the way in which a rectangular page is oriented for normal viewing
  • In Animal navigation, turning the body to a desired heading, e.g. in the correct direction of migration
  • Orientation (sign language), the orientation of the hands when signing
  • Terms of orientation, language used to indicate the orientation of objects

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Arts and media

  • Orientation (EP), a 2001 album by Sonata Arctica
  • Orientation (film), a 1996 short film produced by the Church of Scientology
  • "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
  • Orientation (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), an episode of the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Mathematics

  • Orientation (geometry), the direction in which a geometrical object is pointed
  • Orientation (space), the choice, in a space, between "clockwise" and "counterclockwise"
  • Orientation (vector space), the specific case of linear algebra
  • Orientability, a property of a geometrical space which allows choosing an orientation, that is, distinguishing an object in the space from its mirror image
  • Orientation (graph theory), an assignment of a direction (orientation) to each edge of an undirected graph

Other uses

  • Orientation (mental), a function of the mind
  • Romantic orientation, the sex or gender with which a person is most likely to have a romantic relationship or fall in love
  • Sexual orientation, the direction of an individual's sexuality with respect to the sex of the persons the individual finds sexually attractive
  • Student orientation, the first week of a university year in several countries
  • An aspect of the initial or "forming" stages of group development

See also

  • Oriented (film), a 2015 documentary film
  • Orientation tensor, a tool in geology/earth sciences
  • Orienteering, a sport involving map orientation
  • Orientation and Mobility