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orientate


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Orientate  \O"ri*en*tate\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Orientated};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Orientating}.]  [From  {Orient}.] 
  1.  To  place  or  turn  toward  the  east;  to  cause  to  assume  an 
  easterly  direction,  or  to  veer  eastward. 
 
  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. 
 
  A  crystal  is  orientated  when  placed  in  its  proper 
  position  so  as  to  exhibit  its  symmetry.  --E.  S. 
  Dana. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Orientate  \O"ri*en*tate\,  v.  i. 
  To  move  or  turn  toward  the  east;  to  veer  from  the  north  or 
  south  toward  the  east. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  orientate 
  v  :  determine  one's  position  with  reference  to  another  point 
  [syn:  {orient}]  [ant:  {disorient}] 




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