Literary notes about Orientation (AI summary)
The term "orientation" appears in literature with a wide range of meanings that bridge the physical and the abstract. In technical contexts, it often refers to the spatial alignment of structures or devices, as seen in discussions of streets, temples, and even rock measurements ([1], [2], [3]). In more conceptual or philosophical works, "orientation" extends to ideas of ethical positioning, cultural or ideological stance, and even personal navigation of life’s challenges ([4], [5], [6]). There are also literary uses that explore historical or religious directions, suggesting that physical alignment can mirror shifts in thought or belief systems ([7], [8]). This versatile term thus underlines both the literal and metaphorical ways in which orientation informs and guides action and observation within various disciplines.
- Orientation of streets, 24 f.f. ; of temples, 116 f. Orion (constellation), 268.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio - Devices record size and orientation of the rock.
— from Rockets, Missiles, and Spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution - Immediately under the azimuth circle is mounted a compass needle for approximate orientation, and the circle is adjustable by a tangent screw C .
— from The Telescope by Louis Bell - He developed an ethical system secular and practical in its orientation and humane in its tenets.
— from Government in Republican China by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger - In the rush and pell-mell of Becoming, some milestones must be fixed for the purposes of human orientation.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Nietzsche - He was seeking a new orientation, and until that was found his life must stand still.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London - Paul Sabatier: L'Orientation religieuse de la France actuelle , 1911.
— from The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith - The Italian language was made compulsory in all secondary schools, and fascist ideology and orientation were inserted into the school curricula.
— from Area Handbook for Albania by Eugene K. Keefe
