ORIENTATION

n. Or-i2-e2nt-a's husn. From oriens, the east. Fr., o. Ger., Orient i rung. 1. The position or bearing of any object in relation to the east, and hence in relation to the points of the compa generally, [a, 48.] 2. The faculty or proce of judging of the relative position of objects in space. [F.] 3. The arrangement of embryos, organs, etc., so that microscopic sections may be made in a known and definite plane. 4. Definite arrangement of microscopic sections when they are mounted. [J.] Objective o. The faculty or proce by which external objects are referred to their correct position with reference to one another, so that the relations of the separate parts of a body are rightly apprehended, although the body as a whole may be wrongly located by the observer. [Fuchs (B).] Subjective o. The faculty or proce by which external objects are referred to their correct position as regards the observer, so that a body appears to him in its proper place. [Fuchs (B).] OR I FACIAL,, adj. Or-i2-fa'si"-a2l. From os, the mouth, and fades, the face. Facial and pertaining to the mouth, [a, 17.] [s. 171]