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What is the noun for orientation?

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orientation
  1. (countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
  2. (countable) The relative physical position or direction of something.
  3. (uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.
  4. (countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.
  5. (countable) The ability to orient.
  6. (countable) An adjustment to a new environment.
  7. (countable) An introduction to a (new) environment.
  8. (typography, countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
  9. (analysis, differential geometry, countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
  10. (analytic geometry, topology, countable) The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented (or "nonorientable"); the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.
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  12. Examples:
    1. “The temple's orientation was such that the sun's rays would penetrate it directly only twice a year.”
      “Do we really still get our orientation by turning towards the east? And still regard the points of the compass as our defining coordinates?”
      “Before we can consider this point about the orientation of the statue, it is necessary to determine the exact position of the temple before which it is supposed to have stood.”
orient
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Orient [from 14th c.]
  2. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
  3. (obsolete) A pearl of orient. [19th c.]
  4. Synonyms:
orientness
  1. (obsolete) The quality or state of being orient or bright; splendour.
orientedness
  1. The state or condition of being oriented; an orientation.
orientability
  1. The condition of being orientable
orientabilities
  1. plural of orientability
orientations
  1. plural of orientation
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Also no difference in the packing of the hydrophobic core between the parallel and antiparallel orientations was expected.”
      “Who can tell what is decisive in arriving at judgements, decisions, and basic orientations?”
      “It sounds like this dude is down for the rights of other races, genders, abilities and sexual orientations.”
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