Orientation vs Acclimate - What's the difference?
orientation | acclimate |
(uncountable) The act of orienting or the state of being oriented.
(uncountable) A position relative to compass bearings
(uncountable) The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end
(countable) An inclination, tendency or direction
(countable) The ability to orient
(countable) An adjustment to a new environment
(countable) An introduction to a (new) environment
(typography, countable) The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait
(mathematics, countable) The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space
(transitive, chiefly, US) To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
To adjust to a new environment; not necessarily a wild, natural, earthy one.
To become accustomed to a new climate or environment.
