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Orientation and Seminar Definitions

Orientation

The act of orienting or the state of being oriented.

Seminar

A course of study for a small group of students in a college or graduate school, often entailing research under the guidance of a professor.

Orientation

Location or position relative to the points of the compass.

Seminar

The group of students in such a course.

Orientation

The construction of a church so that its longitudinal axis has an east-west direction with the main altar usually at the eastern end.

Seminar

A scheduled meeting of such a group.
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Orientation

The direction followed in the course of a trend, movement, or development.

Seminar

A meeting for an exchange of ideas; a conference.

Orientation

A tendency of thought; a general inclination
A Marxist orientation.

Seminar

A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.

Orientation

Sexual orientation.

Seminar

A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community.
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Orientation

An adjustment or adaptation to a new environment, situation, custom, or set of ideas.

Seminar

A group of students engaged, under the guidance of an instructor, in original research in a particular line of study, and in the exposition of the results by theses, lectures, etc.; - formerly called also seminary, now seldom used in this sense.

Orientation

Introductory instruction concerning a new situation
Orientation for incoming students.

Seminar

Any meeting for an exchange of ideas

Orientation

(Psychology) Awareness of the objective world in relation to one's self.

Seminar

A course offered for a small group of advanced students
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Orientation

(countable) The determination of the relative position of something or someone.

Orientation

(countable) The relative physical position or direction of something.

Orientation

(uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end.

Orientation

(countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.

Orientation

(countable) The ability to orient, or the process of so doing.
The homing instinct in pigeons is an example of orientation.

Orientation

(countable) An adjustment to a new environment.

Orientation

(countable) An introduction to a (new) environment.

Orientation

(education) Events to orient new students at a school; events to help new students become familiar with a school.

Orientation

The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait.

Orientation

(LGBT) sexual orientation

Orientation

The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space.

Orientation

The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented (or "nonorientable"); the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface.

Orientation

The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.

Orientation

The tendency of a revolving body, when suspended in a certain way, to bring the axis of rotation into parallelism with the earth's axis.

Orientation

An aspect or fronting to the east; especially (Arch.), the placing of a church so that the chancel, containing the altar toward which the congregation fronts in worship, will be on the east end.

Orientation

A return to first principles; an orderly arrangement.
The task of orientation undertaken in this chapter.

Orientation

The act of orienting

Orientation

An integrated set of attitudes and beliefs

Orientation

Position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions

Orientation

A predisposition in favor of something;
A predilection for expensive cars
His sexual preferences
Showed a Marxist orientation

Orientation

A person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships

Orientation

A course introducing a new situation or environment

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