n. The act of turning or the state of being turned toward the east.n. Such a position of a corpse in a grave that the head is toward the west and the feet toward the east.n. The construction or position of a church so that it has that end which contains the chancel or sanctuary in the direction of the east.n. Hence, the position of a building or of any object with reference to any point of the compass.n. In crystallography, the position of a crystal — of its faces, cleavage-planes, optic axes or axes of elasticity, etc. — defined with reference to certain assumed directions, especially those of the crystallographic axes.n. The process of determining the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.n. Hence The act of taking one's mental bearings; ascertainment of one's true position, as in a novel situation, or with reference to new ideas, new studies, etc., as if by determining the points of the compass.n. The process of determining direction or relative position in general.n. In crystallography, the process of placing a crystal in proper position so as to show the relation of its planes to the assumed axes.n. In zoology, the faculty or instinct by which birds and other animals find their way home after being carried to a distance.n. Arrangement; distribution.n. In chem., the relative position of the atoms or radicals in a molecule.