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orientation

Positioning of a structure on a site. Decisions regarding orientation should take into account prevailing winds, solar energy and passive solar heating through windows, the impact of the setting sun on afternoon workers, views, and any other relevant factors.



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We use the metaphor of stance to suggest both orientational and positional ideas, to carry allusions to the physical placing of the body as well as the intellectual activities and perspectives over time.
Among specific topics are the orientational role of philosophy in realizing and resolving global problems, intercultural communications and the common progress of world civilizations, the spiritual turn in philosophy, and cosmopolitanism and Marxism.
London dispersive force, Debye inductive force, Keesom orientational forces, hydrogen bonding, Lewis acid-base interactions (44-47).
 
 
 
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