ORIENTATION
\ˌɔːɹi͡əntˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌɔːɹiəntˈeɪʃən], \ˌɔː_ɹ_iə_n_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of ORIENTATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a course introducing a new situation or environment
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the act of orienting
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a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships
By Princeton University
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a course introducing a new situation or environment
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the act of orienting
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a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.
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The tendency of a revolving body, when suspended in a certain way, to bring the axis of rotation into parallelism with the earth's axis.
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An aspect or fronting to the east; especially (Arch.), the placing of a church so that the chancel, containing the altar toward which the congregation fronts in worship, will be on the east end.
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Fig.: A return to first principles; an orderly arrangement.
By Oddity Software
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The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.
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The tendency of a revolving body, when suspended in a certain way, to bring the axis of rotation into parallelism with the earth's axis.
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An aspect or fronting to the east; especially (Arch.), the placing of a church so that the chancel, containing the altar toward which the congregation fronts in worship, will be on the east end.
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Fig.: A return to first principles; an orderly arrangement.
By Noah Webster.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The finding of the east point so as to get one's bearings; eastward position; the placing of a church so that the altar shall be toward the east; the facing toward the east in worship.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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The determining of one's position with respect to surrounding objects.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The position or bearing of any object in relation to the east, and hence in relation to the points of the compass generally. [Lat.]
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The faculty or process of judging of the relative position of objects in space. [Lat.]
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The arrangement of embryos, organs, etc. so that microscopic sections may be made in a known and definite plane, [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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