orientation

In a sentence

Six example sentences with orientation, each labelled with its topic.

• The building's orientation toward the southern ridge lets winter light reach the back rooms until late afternoon.

  Architecture

• Careful orientation of the tripod head toward the rising moon saved him from recomposing every frame after dark.

  Photography

• Migrating birds manage orientation by combining the angle of the sun with a magnetic sense researchers still cannot explain.

  Science

• After the metro, she lost all orientation and stood at the exit turning the map until a spire matched the skyline.

  Travel

• The nurse checks a patient's orientation by asking the date and the name of the hospital before every shift change.

  Medicine

• The tablet senses its own orientation and flips the page from portrait to landscape the moment you tilt it.

  Technology

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains orientation. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

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