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  • adjective Not oriented: lacking orientation.

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  • adjective not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained

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Examples

  • Equivalently this is the space of all (unoriented) lines through the origin.

    Algebra Pratt, Vaughan 2007

  • I recall just enough group theory from university that I sometimes think of PCs as being like a coset of 2 elements – the +1 version and the -1 version, which thus are an unoriented element.

    The Euro Team and the SWM Network « Climate Audit 2006

  • Here am I marching up and down this terrace alone, unoriented.

    The Waves 2003

  • Conversely, some social situations, such as those occurring during a ceremonial investiture, are scenes in which few, if any, of these situationally unoriented activities are allowed.

    Behavior in Public Places ERVING GOFFMAN 1963

  • All the leaders, all the officers, are confused and unoriented.

    Battle Studies Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq 1845

  • Open/unoriented amplitudes of this kind go back to Ooguri-Vafa 2000 (and Walcher 2007).

    The Reference Frame 2010

  • "But we found that current does not flow nearly as easily perpendicular to the planes, or in unoriented material," Katz said.

    Nano Tech Wire 2009

  • "But we found that current does not flow nearly as easily perpendicular to the planes, or in unoriented material," Katz said.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • The problem with PCs is not that they are signed, but that you don’t know the direction of the sign – it’s that they are essentially unoriented.

    Perverse PCs « Climate Audit 2005

  • Steve’s comment: PCs are unoriented and I believe, in group-theoretic terms, would be a coset of the two oppositely-oriented forms in a quotient group.

    A Red Noise Spaghetti Diagram « Climate Audit 2005

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