Orientation
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Orientation may refer to:
- Orientation (mental), a function of the mind
- Orientation (physical), determining ones location in ones surroundings
- Orientation (film), a 1996 short film produced by the Church of Scientology
- Orientation (housing), the position of a building with respect to the sun, a concept in building design
- "Orientation" (Lost), a 2005 episode of American television series Lost
- Orientation week, 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 with respect to the sex of the persons the individual finds sexually attractive
- Map Orientation, the relationship between directions on a map and compass directions
- Orientación, Prison Break episode.
in 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 (mathematics), a concept in linear algebra
- Orientation (topology), direction of traversal on a simple closed curve
- Curve orientation, in vector mathematics, a property of a planar simple closed curve
[edit] See also
- Orientability, a concept in Euclidean geometry
- Orientation Tensor, a tool in Geology/Earth Sciences