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Orientation may refer to:
- Map orientation, the relationship between directions on a map and compass directions
- Orientation (mental), a function of the mind
- Orientation (film), a 1996 short film produced by the Church of Scientology
- Orientation of churches is the architectural feature of facing ("orienting"), churches towards the east (Latin: oriens)
- Orientation (housing), the position of a building with respect to the sun, a concept in building design
- Student orientation, 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
- Romantic orientation, the sex or gender with which a person is most likely to have a romantic relationship or fall in love.
- Orientation (EP), a 2001 album by Sonata Arctica
- 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
Television
- "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
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 (graph theory), an assignment of a direction to each edge of an undirected graph
- Orientation (vector space), a concept in linear algebra
- Curve orientation, a property of a planar simple closed curve
- Orientability, a property of surfaces in Euclidean space measuring whether or not it is possible to make a consistent choice of surface normal vector at every point
- Orientation character, group homomorphism in surgery theory
See also
- Oriented (film), a 2015 documentary film
- Orientability, a concept in topology
- Orientation tensor, a tool in geology/earth sciences
- Orienteering, a sport involving map orientation
- Orientation and mobility
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