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Orientation vs Syntropy - What's the difference?

orientation | syntropy |

As nouns the difference between orientation and syntropy

is that orientation is (uncountable) the act of orienting or the state of being oriented while syntropy is (pathology) the coalescence of two diseases into one.

orientation

English

(wikipedia orientation)

Noun

  • (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

    • Antonyms

    * disorientation

    Derived terms

    * orientational * orientation course * reorientation * sexual orientation

    Related terms

    * orient * orientalism * orientate * orienteer

    syntropy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (pathology) The coalescence of two diseases into one
  • (psychology) A wholesome association with others
  • (anatomy) A formation of a series of similar parts having the same orientation (such as the ribs)