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- adjective
Not oriented :lacking orientation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained
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Examples
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Equivalently this is the space of all (unoriented) lines through the origin.
Algebra Pratt, Vaughan 2007
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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.
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Here am I marching up and down this terrace alone, unoriented.
The Waves 2003
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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
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All the leaders, all the officers, are confused and unoriented.
Battle Studies Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq 1845
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Open/unoriented amplitudes of this kind go back to Ooguri-Vafa 2000 (and Walcher 2007).
The Reference Frame 2010
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"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
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"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
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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.
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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.
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