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