Found 3 items, similar to orientation.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: orientation
orientasi
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: orientation
orientation
n 1: the act of orienting
2: an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
3: position or alignment relative to points of the compass or
other specific directions
4: a predisposition in favor of something;
“a predilection for
expensive cars”;
“his sexual preferences”;
“showed a
Marxist orientation” [syn:
predilection,
preference]
5: a person's awareness of self with regard to position and
time and place and personal relationships
6: a course introducing a new situation or environment [syn:
orientation course
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Orientation
Orientation
\O`ri*en*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. orientation.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The act or process of orientating; determination of the
points of the compass, or the east point, in taking
bearings.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Fig.): A return to first principles; an orderly
arrangement.
[1913 Webster]
The task of orientation undertaken in this chapter.
--L. F. Ward.
[1913 Webster]