Orientation

Orientation may refer to:
 Orientation (mental), a function of the mind
 Orientation (movie), a 1996 short movie produced by the Church of Scientology
 Orientation of churches is the custom of having the front of churches on their east side (Latin: oriens)
 Orientation (housing), the position of a building with respect to the sun, a concept in building design
 Student orientation, the first week of a university year in several countries
 Coin orientation and Medallic orientation, a description of the orientation of opposite faces of a coin with respect to one another
 Sexual orientation, the direction of an individual's sexuality relative to the sex of the persons the individual finds sexually attractive
 Map orientation, the relationship between directions on a map and compass directions
 Orientation (EP), a 2001 album by Sonata Arctica
 Page orientation, whether the long or short side of a rectangular page is the bottom for normal viewing

 Television 
 "Orientation" (Lost), a 2005 episode of American television series Lost
 Orientación, an episode of the American television series Prison Break
 "Orientation" (Heroes), a 2009 episode of American television series Heroes
 Mathematics 
 Orientation (computer vision), an image processing concept related to one-dimensional characterization of a local image
 Orientation (geometry), placement of an object in a rotational coordinate system with respect to a fixed point and a reference position
 Orientation (vector space), a concept in linear algebra
 Curve orientation, a property of a planar simple closed curve
 Orientability, a property of surfaces in Euclidean space measuring whether or not it is possible to make a consistent choice of surface normal vector at every point
 Orientation character, group homomorphism in surgery theory

Related pages
 Orientability, a concept in topology
 Orientation tensor, a tool in geology/earth science
 Orienteering, a sport involving map orientation
 Orientation and mobility