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    In geometry, the orientation, attitude, bearing, direction, or angular position of an object – such as a line, plane or rigid body – is part of the description...
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  • bottom should be its top, and vice versa. Deixis Orientation (geometry) Orientability Position (geometry)#Relative position Sinistral and dextral Spatial...
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  • affine geometries and Euclidean geometry is a special instance of this type of geometry. In some other geometries, such as hyperbolic geometry, lines...
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    The orientation of a building refers to the direction in which it is constructed and laid out, taking account of its planned purpose and ease of use for...
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  • no natural notion of the "interior", hence the orientation is not defined. At the same time, in geometry and computer graphics there are a number of concepts...
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  • series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Orientation (geometry), the direction in which a geometrical object is pointed Orientation (space), the choice, in a space...
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    The orientation of a real vector space or simply orientation of a vector space is the arbitrary choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented...
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  • North and South may refer to: North and South (Gaskell novel), an 1854 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell North and South (trilogy), a series of novels by John...
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    Toilet paper orientation Some toilet roll holders or dispensers allow the toilet paper to hang in front of (over) or behind (under) the roll when it is...
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    relates the motion of the distant stars to the local inertial frame Orientation (geometry) Point reflection Rolling – motion of two objects in contact with...
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    South (category Orientation (geometry))
    South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. The word...
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    West (category Orientation (geometry))
    West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets...
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  • Left–right confusion (category Orientation (geometry))
    Left–right confusion (LRC) is the inability to accurately differentiate between left and right directions. Conversely, Left–right discrimination (LRD)...
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    The compass is a magnetometer used for navigation and orientation that shows direction in regards to the geographic cardinal points. The structure of...
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    Cardinal direction (category Orientation (geometry))
    Germanic names for the intermediate directions. Medieval Scandinavian orientation would thus have involved a 45 degree rotation of cardinal directions...
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    North (category Orientation (geometry))
    North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. North is a noun, adjective...
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  • Colatitude (category Orientation (geometry))
    In a spherical coordinate system, a colatitude is the complementary angle of a given latitude, i.e. the difference between a right angle and the latitude...
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  • Upstream and downstream (DNA) (category Orientation (geometry))
    In molecular biology and genetics, upstream and downstream both refer to relative positions of genetic code in DNA or RNA. Each strand of DNA or RNA has...
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  • Rodrigues' rotation formula (category Orientation (geometry))
    Vector geometry of Rodrigues' rotation formula, as well as the decomposition into parallel and perpendicular components....
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    international common standards Orientation (geometry) Port and starboard Rotation Sense of direction Slant direction Terms of orientation Topographical disorientation...
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    Windward and leeward (category Orientation (geometry))
    In geography and seamanship, windward (/ˈwɪndwərd, ˈwɪnərd/) and leeward (/ˈliːwərd, ˈljuːərd/) are directions relative to the wind. Windward is upwind...
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    Points of the compass (category Orientation (geometry))
    The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose...
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    Skew lines (category Orientation (geometry))
    In three-dimensional geometry, skew lines are two lines that do not intersect and are not parallel. A simple example of a pair of skew lines is the pair...
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    Rotation in mathematics is a concept originating in geometry. Any rotation is a motion of a certain space that preserves at least one point. It can describe...
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  • Vertical and horizontal (category Orientation (geometry))
    usual designation of the vertical coincides with the y-axis in co-ordinate geometry. This convention can cause confusion in the classroom. For the teacher...
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    Widdershins (category Orientation (geometry))
    Widdershins (sometimes withershins, widershins or widderschynnes) is a term meaning to go counter-clockwise, anti-clockwise, or lefthandwise, or to walk...
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    Zonal and meridional flow (category Orientation (geometry))
    Look up zonal or meridional in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Zonal and meridional flow are directions and regions of fluid flow on a globe. Zonal flow...
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    Zenith (category Orientation (geometry))
    The zenith (UK: /ˈzɛnɪθ/, US: /ˈziːnɪθ/) is an imaginary point directly "above" a particular location, on the celestial sphere. "Above" means in the vertical...
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    Galactic coordinate system (category Orientation (geometry))
    The galactic coordinate system is a celestial coordinate system in spherical coordinates, with the Sun as its center, the primary direction aligned with...
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  • In the mathematical field of algebraic topology, the orientation sheaf on a manifold X of dimension n is a locally constant sheaf oX on X such that the...
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