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Air Europe code (tourism) and orientation (iou)


Air Europe code (tourism)


Air Europe's international airline code is PE.









orientation (iou)



orientation noun. M19.
[App. from ORIENT verb + -ATION.]
The placing or arranging of something to face the east; spec. the construction of a church with the longer axis running due east and west. M19.
b. The action of turning to the east, esp. in an act of worship. L19.
Position or arrangement of a building, natural object, etc., relative to the points of the compass or Other defined data. M19.
Independent The southerly orientation of its slopes is an asset.
The action or process of ascertaining one's bearings or relative position, or of taking up a known bearing or position; the faculty of doing this, sense of relative position. M19.
b. Chemistry. The orienting effect of a substituent in a ring; the process of ascertaining the relative positions of the substituents in a ring. L19.
fig. A person's attitude or adjustment in relation to circumstances, ideas, etc; determination of one's mental or emotional position. L19.
E. Fromm A culture in which the Marketing orientation prevails. J. Gathorne-Hardy An adult's sexual orientation is determined between the ages of one and five.
b. An introductory talk, course, etc., given esp. to newcomers to a university, organization, etc. Also orientation course, orientation programme, etc. Chiefly N. Amer. M20.
Comb.: orientation course, orientation programme: see sense 4b above; orientation triad the three elements of the body's orientation system, i.e. sight, mechanoreceptors, and inner ear.
orientational adjective M20.
orientationally adverb L20.