orientation

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  1. noun The act of orienting or the state of being oriented.
  2. noun Location or position relative to the points of the compass.
  3. noun The construction of a church so that its longitudinal axis has an east-west direction with the main altar usually at the eastern end.
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  • Service-orientation is a prerequisite for rapidly integrating data and and enabling situational development models like mashups. —  Yahoo! News: Technology News
  • Service-orientation is a prerequisite for rapidly integrating data and business processes and enabling situational development models like mashups. —  Latest from Computerworld
  • But Donnelly said the orientation is a "short-term fix for the larger problem." —  Standing FIRM
  • Sexual orientation is a personal matter and none of the state's business, and two consenting adults should be allowed to practice whatever kind of sex they want in the privacy of their own homes or rented rooms (including inviting a third person, if that's what they're into.) 4. —  Think Progress
  • This would mean that sexual orientation is a choice. —  AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters
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  1. from French orientation, from Middle Latin *orientatio(n-), from orientare, orient: see orientate, orient, v.
 

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/oʊrienˈteɪʃən/
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