Lexic.us

Definition of Orientating

1. Adjective. Positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually. "An orienting program for new employees"

Definition of Orientating

1. Verb. (present participle of orientate) ¹

2. Adjective. That changes an orientation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Orientating

1. orientate [v] - See also: orientate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orientating

Literary usage of Orientating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elementary Chemical Microscopy by Emile Monnin Chamot (1921)
"Rotating or orientating Devices. — It not infrequently happens that irregular fragments of material must be carefully studied, or that the exact relation of ..."

2. Theories of Organic Chemistry by Ferdinand August Karl Henrich (1922)
"In order to account for the effect of steric hindrance upon a hydrogen atom in the para position to the orientating group Obermiller proposed the use of a ..."

3. Physiological instruments manufactured by the Cambridge Instrument Company (1899)
"fixed in a position clear of the razor, and our improved clamp is used for fixing the object-holder ; a larger orientating Apparatus is also made suitable ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"... and (o) orientating screw for the plate. Semi-essentials, which quickly pay for themselves in time saved and fatigue avoided, are:— (6) The adjustment ..."

5. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"This much at least is certain that in these orientating movements in flowers of this kind a correlative influence of the axis plays a part ; this is ..."

6. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1900)
"It is hoped that it will be possible to show that the other meta orientating groups behave in the same manner as the nitro-group. This occasion may be taken ..."

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