orientation

(countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
(countable) The relative physical position or direction of something.
(uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.
(countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.
(countable) The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
(countable) An adjustment to a new environment.
(countable) An introduction to a (new) environment.
(countable, uncountable) An introduction to a (new) environment.
(countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of sexual orientation.
(countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
(analytic, countable) The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.