Orientation is simply facing in the right direction; navigation involves finding ones way from point A to point B.

定向只是面向正确的方向；导航包括找到从 A 点到 B 点的路线。

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In the presence of a magnetic field, the atoms' orientation changed in a particular way, and this change was detectable in the light that came through the atom cloud, the team found.

小组发现，在磁场之中，原子的方向以特殊的方式发生的变化，而这种变化可以被穿过原子云的光束探测到。

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Things start to fall apart. The grid is subdivided in such a way that makes navigation and orientation difficult (from a mapping point of view).

图上的事物这时开始出现分离，这种子划分下，导航和方向辨认也变得愈加困难(从一个地图的角度看)。

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On his way to an orientation session, Gingrich confirmed to a reporter that he would serve out the end of his term.

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Starting on March 1, 2012, the public will have access to this masterpiece of midcentury modernism, by way of an orientation tour that begins at the new visitor center, which by design reflects the style of the original estate.

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Keeping the electrons in one orientation or the other and observing their orientation would be a way to store and read information.

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