Orientation

Orientation may refer to:

Orientation (mental), a function of the mind
Orientation (movie), a 1996 short movie produced by the Church of Scientology
Orientation of churches is the custom of having the front of churches on their east side (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
Map orientation, the relationship between directions on a map and compass directions
Orientation (EP), a 2001 album by Sonata Arctica
Page orientation, whether the long or short side of a rectangular page is the bottom for normal viewing

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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 (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