Orientées

Orientées is the feminine plural form of the French adjective orienté/orientée, used to describe objects, ideas, or systems that have a direction, axis, or goal. The term agrees with the noun it modifies in gender and number (orienté, orientée, orientés, orientées) and does not denote a single concept by itself; it functions as a descriptive modifier across different domains.

In mathematics, orientées appears in discussions of orientation. A variety orientée is a manifold equipped with a consistent choice of orientation: this orientation is typically defined by selecting local bases for the tangent spaces that vary compatibly with the atlas. Orientation is important for defining integrals on manifolds and for applying results such as the Stokes theorem. Similarly, a graphe orienté (or directed graph) is a graph in which every edge has a direction.

In other areas, orientées can qualify objects, methods, or instruments that follow a particular direction or aim. For example, one may encounter expressions such as techniques orientées vers l’utilisateur, describing user-centered approaches, or capteurs orientés, referring to sensors oriented in a given direction. The precise meaning of orientées depends on the noun it modifies and the context.

Étymologie: orientées derives from the verb orienter, itself from the Latin oriens, related to orientation. In usage courant, the term conveys notions of direction, alignment, or aim, and its interpretation is shaped by the surrounding terminology and field of reference. See also orientation, oriented manifolds, and directed graphs.