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orientation

description of the rotation of an item relative to defined coordinate axes of the space it occupies
Class type of: free vector, position Q2235286

Facts

7 properties
Subclass of
free vector, position[1][2]
Part of
Euclidean vector[3]
Facet of
rotation[6]
Different from
orientation, relative direction, direction[8][9][10]
Has part(s)
direction, sense[4][5]
Main Wikidata property
P7469[7]
P14884
0000133[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en angular position en attitude en direction en orientation ar توجيه de räumliche Orientierung el προσανατολισμός es orientación es orientacion fa گرایش (هندسه) fi suunnistus fi suunnistuvuus fr orientation dans l'espace he הכוון (מתמטיקה) hu irányulás hu orientáció hu térbeli irányulás it orientamento ja オリエンテーション ja 標定 (幾何学)
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Freebase ID
/m/07m2ym
KBpedia ID
OrientationGeometry
MetaSat ID
orientation
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
151905218
Topic's main category
Category:Orientation (geometry)
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
05684599-n

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🔗 Connections
Belongs to 4
velocity, line, Exchangeable image file format, vector quantity
Different from 3
relative direction, orientation, direction
Examples 2
unit vector, direction
Subtypes 2
toilet paper orientation, texture
← Characteristic of 2
parallelism, perpendicularity
← Different from 2
relative direction, orientation
Facet of 1
rotation
Subclass of 1
orientation
Topic's main category 1
Category:Orientation (geometry)
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Orientation (geometry)
← Facet of 1
direction
← Has characteristic 1
force
← Has contributing factor 1
terminal velocity
← Represents 1
spatial memory
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Use and Application

Components include direction[4], a geometric concept[12] and sense[5].

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14884 → 0000133
    Subclass of → free vector, position
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: position"
  2. 21w ago · Infovarius · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → direction, sense
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Part of: Euclidean vector"
  3. 22w ago · AddyLockPool · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Euclidean vector
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Part of: Euclidean vector"
  4. 22w ago · AddyLockPool · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Different from → orientation, relative direction, direction
    Main Wikidata property → P7469
    Part of → Euclidean vector
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Part of: direction"
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