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ˈorientating, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That orientates or orients; spec. in Chem. (cf. orient v. 4 a).
1876Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XXIX. 240 The author closes this section with some remarks on the value of the ‘orientating’ influence exercised by various radicles. 1920Christian World 19 Aug. 7/1 Upon these young men and women the lecture must have had a great orientating effect. 1921E. Herman Creative Prayer 104 For that world of reality..is..Love, and its highway—the great orientating path that gives it coherence—is Christ. 1952Mind LXI. 484 The use of warning, priming or orientating signals. 1966G. P. Ellis Mod. Textbk. Org. Chem. v. 101 The substituent A possesses a specific directing or orientating effect on the incoming group. |