Orientation (geometry)
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orientation-geometry-182-711090
title:
Orientation (geometry)
text:
In geometry, the orientation, attitude, bearing, direction, or angular position of an object – such as a line, plane or rigid body – is part of the description of how it is placed in the space it occupies.
More specifically, it refers to the imaginary rotation that is needed to move the object from a reference placement to its current placement. A rotation may not be enough to reach the current placement, in which case it may be necessary to add an imaginary translation to change the object's po
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Notion of pointing in a direction
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientation_(geometry)
date created:
2005-08-26T12:54:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T04:20:13Z
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