English-Portuguese translations for orientation

• orientação
  A orientação para o mercado manter-se-á inalterada. Its market orientation will continue as at present.
  Em oitavo lugar, novo governo e orientação europeia. Eighthly, new government and European orientation.
  Contudo, uma verdadeira estratégia de futuro carece de uma orientação social. However, a genuine future strategy needs a social orientation.

Definition of orientation

• The determination of the relative position of something or someone
• The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end
• The ability to orient
• An adjustment to a new environment
• The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait
• The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented ; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface

Examples

• The homing instinct in pigeons is an example of orientation.

Related words

• disorientation
• reorientation
• orientation table
• sexual orientation
• goal orientation
• romantic orientation
• religious orientation
• space disorientation