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orientation noun

  /ˌɔɹiɛnˈteɪʃən/
  • (countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.
ориентиро́вка, ориента́ция, ориенти́рование
  • (countable) The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
ориентиро́вка, ориенти́рование
  • (countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.
накло́нность, ориента́ция, скло́нность
  • (countable) The relative physical position or direction of something.
  • (analysis, differential geometry, countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.
  • (analytic geometry, topology, countable) The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.
ориента́ция
  • (uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.
размеще́ние, устано́вка

orienteer verb

  • (sports) to race across unfamiliar countryside using a map and compass
ориентироваться

orientate

ориентировать

oriental

восточный

orient verb

  /ˈɒɹ.ɪˌɛnt/ , /ˈɔɹ.iˌɛnt/ , /ˈɔː.ɹɪˌɛnt/
  • (transitive, by extension) To align or place (a person or object) so that his, her, or its east side, north side, etc., is positioned toward the corresponding points of the compass; (specifically, surveying) to rotate (a map attached to a plane table) until the line of direction between any two of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction in nature.
  • (transitive, figuratively) To set the focus of (something) so as to appeal or relate to a certain group.
ориенти́ровать, сориенти́ровать
  • (transitive, often, reflexive, figuratively) To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation.
ориенти́роваться, сориенти́роваться

Oriental adjective

  /ɒɹiˈɛntəl/ , /ɔːɹiˈɛntəl/
  • Pertaining to the regions east of the Mediterranean, beyond the Roman Empire or the early Christian world; of the Near East, the Middle East or the Far East, now especially relating to East Asia. [from 15th c.]
восто́чный

Oriental noun

  /ɒɹiˈɛntəl/ , /ɔːɹiˈɛntəl/
  • (archaic) A person from the eastern region of a place. [15th–19th c.]
жи́тель Восто́ка, жи́тельница Восто́ка, уроже́нец Восто́ка, уроже́нка Восто́ка

orientalism noun

  • (arts, architecture, literature) The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East.
ориентали́зм

orienteering noun

  • (sport) The act of racing across unfamiliar place using a map and compass.
ориенти́рование
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