orientation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: orientation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orientation n the act of orienting an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation" Synonym(s): predilection, preference, orientation a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships a course introducing a new situation or environment Synonym(s): orientation course, orientation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orientation \O`rienta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. orientation.] 1. The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. Fig.: A return to first principles; an orderly arrangement. The task of orientation undertaken in this chapter. --L. F. Ward.