orientations

noun

plural of orientation
as in aspects
the state or fact of facing a particular direction a building's orientation is an important consideration in the Chinese practice of feng shui

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Recent Examples of orientations Gabor filters are then used to analyze texture and edge information at different orientations and scales, helping identify corresponding pixels between the two images. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026 Keeping up with all the events, orientations, try-outs, practices, conferences, and more doesn’t have to raise your blood pressure. — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 16 Aug. 2026 Chairs, sofas, and tables with different leg shapes, heights, and orientations create competing lines that make a small space feel busy. — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 15 Aug. 2026 More broadly, Iran’s anti-American stance clashes with the official orientations of all three signatories of the Mecca agreement. — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026 Its integrated unibody clip attaches to laptops, monitors or standard tripods and it can be used in landscape, portrait and even upside-down orientations. — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 An uncharted exploration The spacecraft is capturing data about the rotation rates, orientations and shapes of frozen objects that orbit in the Kuiper Belt. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 July 2026 Playing Nala is not only a chance to represent plus-size Black women from Miami, but builds on the show’s theme that people of all body types, gender orientations, race and backgrounds can be seen in leading roles. — Jalynn McDuffey, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026 The event features a striking diversity of body shapes, ages, complexions, backgrounds, orientations, gender expressions and body art, all made equal under the Florida sun (slightly overcast this year) by their status as golden geese for the fan platforms. — Gustavo Turner, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orientations
  1. aspects
  2. alignments
Noun
  • This year’s congressional elections in California are a prime example, with two distinct and unusual aspects.
    — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Barnard and other experts emphasized the certainty of the coastal impacts, compared to the less predictable precipitation aspects of Super El Niño events in California.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of aspects
Noun
  • Summary Major League Soccer is reportedly planning significant playoff format changes, moving away from current conference alignments to a single table with five geographic divisions for scheduling.
    — John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • This year, with the FHSAA restructuring classification alignments, those two teams find themselves in the same class and headed on a collision course in the same 6A district.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of alignments

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“Orientations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orientations. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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