Orientation
# 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

## 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
