- the act or process of orienting.
- the state of being oriented.
- an introduction, as to guide one in adjusting to new surroundings, employment, activity, or the like: New employees receive two days of orientation.
- the ability to locate oneself in one's environment with reference to time, place, and people.
- one's position in relation to true north, to points on the compass, or to a specific place or object.
- the ascertainment of one's true position, as in a novel situation, with respect to attitudes, judgments, etc.
- Chemistry.
- the relative positions of certain atoms or groups, especially in aromatic compounds.
- the determination of the position of substituted atoms or groups in a compound.
- the act or process of orienting or the state of being oriented
- position or positioning with relation to the points of the compass or other specific directions
- the adjustment or alignment of oneself or one's ideas to surroundings or circumstances
- Also called: orientation course mainly US and Canadian
- a course, programme, lecture, etc, introducing a new situation or environment
- (as modifier)
- the knowledge of one's own temporal, social, and practical circumstances in life
- basic beliefs or preferences
- the change in position of the whole or part of an organism in response to a stimulus, such as light
- the relative dispositions of atoms, ions, or groups in molecules or crystals
- the siting of a church on an east-west axis, usually with the altar at the E end
