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

Noun

(personalities)

A set of qualities that make a person (or thing) distinct from another.

* (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=19 citation , passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}

An assumed role or manner of behavior.

A celebrity.

Charisma, or qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.

* 1959 , Lloyd Price, “Personality”:

But over and over / I´ll be a fool for you / 'cause you got personality .

Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.

*

Sharp personalities were exchanged.

* 1905 , ,

Perceiving that personalities were not out of order, I asked him what species of beast had long ago twisted and mutilated his left ear.

(legal) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.

(Burrill)