orientation

向东

定位[向]; 取向, 辨向作用; 方向[位]倾向性; 方针[态度等]的确定

【生理】认识环境(使自身适应)

【化】配向; 定位

(动物等)回巢的本能

orientation

the act or process of orienting or the state of being oriented

position or positioning with relation to the points of the compass or other specific directions

the adjustment or alignment of oneself or one's ideas to surroundings or circumstances

Also called: orientation course a course, programme, lecture, etc, introducing a new situation or environment.(as modifier)

the knowledge of one's own temporal, social, and practical circumstances in life

basic beliefs or preferences

the change in position of the whole or part of an organism in response to a stimulus, such as light

the relative dispositions of atoms, ions, or groups in molecules or crystals

the siting of a church on an east-west axis, usually with the altar at the E end