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orientation

[awr-ee-uhn-tey-shuhn, -en-, ohr-] / ˌɔr i ənˈteɪ ʃən, -ɛn-, ˌoʊr- /


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They are then vetted and attend a one-day citizenship orientation before finally receiving their nationality at a ceremony overseen by President John Mahama.

From BBC

“New brains from Cambridge? I’m supposed to give some sort of orientation tomorrow?”

From Literature

Traditionally, scientists describe these structures using the Landau-de Gennes theory, a mathematical framework that explains how molecular order collapses inside defect cores, where orientation no longer has a clear definition.

From Science Daily

It was one of my takeaways from Big Kibble, a book Bingo’s rescue organization pressed into my hands at her adoption orientation along with a bag of frozen meals from the fresh-food brand JustFoodForDogs.

From The Wall Street Journal

As the system cooled, the researchers observed a consistent pattern in how electrons influence the magnetic orientation of nearby electrons.

From Science Daily