Orientation
noun [mass noun] 1 the action of orienting someone or something relative to the points of a compass or other specified positions: studies of locational awareness and orientation in young children. • [count noun] the relative position or direction of something: using the orientation of a building to capture energy from the sun. • Zoology the faculty by which birds and other animals find their way back to a place after going or being taken to a place distant from it: recent research in animal orientation. 2 a person’s basic attitude, beliefs, or feelings in relation to a particular subject or issue: his book is well worth reading, regardless of your political orientation. • short for sexual orientation.3 familiarization with something: many judges give instructions to assist jury orientation. • (also orientation course) mainly North American a course giving information to newcomers to a university or other institution.
Index
pointing towards something, from a specific (contextual) point towards something.
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