Orientation

Orientation may refer to:

Positioning in physical space

 * Map orientation, the relationship between directions on a map and compass directions
 * Orientation (housing), the position of a building with respect to the sun, a concept in building design
 * Orientation of churches, the architectural feature of facing ("orienting"), churches towards the east (Latin: oriens)
 * Coin orientation, a description of the orientation of opposite faces of a coin with respect to one another
 * Page orientation, the way in which a rectangular page is oriented for normal viewing
 * In Animal navigation, turning the body to a desired heading, e.g. in the correct direction of migration
 * Orientation (sign language), the orientation of the hands when signing
 * Terms of orientation, language used to indicate the orientation of objects

Arts and media

 * Orientation (EP), a 2001 album by Sonata Arctica
 * Orientation (film), a 1996 short film produced by the Church of Scientology
 * "Orientation" (Lost), a 2005 episode of American television series Lost
 * "Orientación", an episode of the American television series Prison Break
 * "Orientation" (Heroes), a 2009 episode of American television series Heroes
 * Orientation (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), an episode of the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Mathematics

 * Orientation (geometry), the direction in which a geometrical object is pointed
 * Orientation (space), the choice, in a space, between "clockwise" and "counterclockwise"
 * Orientation (vector space), the specific case of linear algebra
 * Orientability, a property of a geometrical space which allows choosing an orientation, that is, distinguishing an object in the space from its mirror image
 * Orientation character, a character of the fundamental group that "measures" the orientability of a manifold.
 * Curve orientation, the choice of a direction for a point moving on a curve
 * Orientation (graph theory), an assignment of a direction (orientation) to each edge of an undirected graph

Other uses

 * Orientation (mental), a function of the mind
 * Romantic orientation, the sex or gender with which a person is most likely to have a romantic relationship or fall in love
 * Sexual orientation, the direction of an individual's sexuality with respect to the sex of the persons the individual finds sexually attractive
 * Student orientation, the first week of a university year in several countries