reorientate

(verb)

to orientate anew; to cause to face a different direction

Examples of reorientate in the following topics:

  • Classical Theory

    • Classical theory, the first modern school of economic thought, reoriented economics from individual interests to national interests.
    • Classical theory reoriented economics away from individual interests to national interests.

  • Sexual Orientation

    • Some of these institutions offer sexual reorientation therapies in which individuals who are attracted to members of the opposite sex but do not want to have those attractions can try to become solely attracted to members of the opposite biological sex.
    • A significant amount of professional and academic doubt exists about the efficacy of these reorientation programs.

  • Solving Problems

    • Solution: In order to account for the incline angle, we have to reorient the coordinate system so that the points of projection and return are on the same level.
    • When dealing with an object in projectile motion on an incline, we first need to use the given information to reorient the coordinate system in order to have the object launch and fall on the same surface.

  • The Reagan Administration

    • President Ronald Reagan and his reorientation of Soviet strategic aims, contributed to the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

  • Labor and Birth

    • At this time, the baby reorients, facing forward and down with the back or crown of the head engaging the cervix (uterine opening).

  • Chemotaxis

    • If one watches a bacterium swimming in a uniform environment, its movement will look like a random walk with relatively straight swims interrupted by random tumbles that reorient it.

  • Alienation

    • Thus, the reorientation to social alienation did not represent a break in thinking on alienation, just a shift to new directions.

  • Horyuji Temple

    • The temple was reconstructed (but slightly reoriented in a northwest position) around the year 711.

  • Designating the Configuration of Chiral Centers

    • In the example of carvone, shown above, the initial formula directed the lowest priority substituent (H) toward the viewer, requiring either a reorientation display or a very good sense of three-dimensional structure on the part of the reader.