#direction the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind"
supertype: #spatial_relation__spatialrelation__position__spatial_property__spatialproperty the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"
subtype: #frontage.direction the direction in which something (such as a building) faces
subtype: #orientation.direction position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
subtype: #attitude.orientation position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)
subtype: #trim attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation
subtype: #horizontal something that is oriented horizontally
subtype: #vertical something that is oriented vertically
subtype: #quarter.orientation one of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is coming from that quarter"
subtype: #opposition.direction a direction opposite to another
subtype: #orthogonal_opposition__orthogonality__perpendicularity the relation of opposition between things at right angles
subtype: #antipodal_opposition__antipodalopposition__antipodal__diametrical_opposition__diametricalopposition the relation of opposition along a diameter
subtype: #enantiomorphism__mirror-image_relation the relation of opposition between crystals or molecules that are reflections of one another
subtype: #windward the direction from which the wind is coming
subtype: #to_windward__windward_side__weatherboard__weather_side__weatherside the side toward the wind
subtype: #leeward the direction in which the wind is blowing
subtype: #to_leeward__leeward_side__leewardside the side sheltered from the wind
subtype: #compass_point__compasspoint__point any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; "he checked the point on his compass"
subtype: #cardinal_compass_point one of the four main compass points
subtype: #due_north__north__n the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
subtype: #due_east__dueeast__east__E the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
subtype: #due_south__south__S the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
subtype: #due_west__duewest__west__W the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees
subtype: #north_by_east__NbE the compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north
subtype: #north_northeast__northnortheast__nor'-nor'-east__NNE the compass point that is midway between north and northeast
subtype: #northeast_by_north__NEbN the compass point that is one point north of northeast
subtype: #northeast__nor'-east__NE the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
subtype: #northeast_by_east__NEbE the compass point that is one point east of northeast
subtype: #east_northeast__ENE the compass point midway between northeast and east
subtype: #east_by_north__EbN the compass point that is one point north of due east
subtype: #east_by_south__EbS the compass point that is one point south of due east
subtype: #east_southeast__ESE the compass point midway between east and southeast
subtype: #southeast_by_east__SEbE the compass point that is one point east of southeast
subtype: #southeast__sou'-east__SE the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees
subtype: #southeast_by_south__SEbS the compass point that is one point south of southeast
subtype: #south_southeast__southsoutheast__sou'-sou'-east__SSE the compass point midway between south and southeast
subtype: #south_by_east__SbE the compass point that is one point east of due south
subtype: #south_by_west__SbW the compass point that is one point west of due south
subtype: #south_southwest__southsouthwest__sou'-sou'-west__SSW the compass point midway between south and southwest
subtype: #southwest_by_south__SWbS the compass point that is one point south of southwest
subtype: #southwest__sou'-west__SW the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees
subtype: #southwest_by_west__SWbW the compass point that is one point west of southwest
subtype: #west_southwest__WSW the compass point midway between west and southwest
subtype: #west_by_south__WbS the compass point that is one point south of due west
subtype: #west_by_north__WbN the compass point that is one point north of due west
subtype: #west_northwest__WNW the compass point midway between west and northwest
subtype: #northwest_by_west__NWbW the compass point that is one point west of northwest
subtype: #northwest__nor'-west__NW the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees
subtype: #northwest_by_north__NWbN the compass point that is one point north of northwest
subtype: #north_northwest__northnorthwest__nor'-nor'-west__NNW the compass point that is midway between north and northwest
subtype: #north_by_west__NbW the compass point that is one point west of due north
subtype: #magnetic_north__north__compassnorth the direction in which a compass needle points
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