orientating

Adjective
Synonyms: orienting

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually“noticed the bee's momentary orienting pause before heading back to the hive”“an orienting program for new employees”Synonyms: orienting
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

orientating \orientating\ orienting \orienting\adj. aligning; positioning; setting into proper alignment. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Orientate \O"ri*en*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Orientated; p. pr. & vb. n. Orientating.] [From Orient.] [1913 Webster]

1.To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward. [1913 Webster]

2.To arrange in order; to dispose or place (a body) so as to show its relation to other bodies, or the relation of its parts among themselves. [1913 Webster]

A crystal is orientated when placed in its proper position so as to exhibit its symmetry.— E. S. Dana.[1913 Webster]

3.Same as orient[2]. [PJC]

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