Mathematics
- Orientation (computer vision), an image processing concept related to one-dimensional characterization of a local image
- Orientation (geometry), placement of an object in a rotational coordinate system with respect to a fixed point and a reference position
- Orientation (graph theory), an assignment of a direction to each edge of an undirected graph
- Orientation (vector space), a concept in linear algebra
- Curve orientation, a property of a planar simple closed curve
- Orientability, a property of surfaces in Euclidean space measuring whether or not it is possible to make a consistent choice of surface normal vector at every point
- Orientation character, group homomorphism in surgery theory
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