orientation diagram

orientation diagram

[‚ȯr·ē·ən′tā·shən ‚dī·ə‚gram]
(geology)
Any point or contour diagram used in structural petrology.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Its theme--proclaimed on the front cover --'Sacred Geometry: The architecture of faith' is superimposed upon an elegantly minimalist Orientation diagram for three-faith place of worship (sic), while inside the back cover is a stunning photograph of the massive 'expressionist' church commemorating the 19th-century Danish theologian Nikolaj Grundtvig, who famously interpreted 'the living word' not as Biblical Fundamentalism but as 'the spiritual communication of the truth'.
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