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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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5 sectionsContents
- Positioning in physical space
- Arts and media
- Mathematics
- Other uses
- See also
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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orientation” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.