attitude.

1. The orientation of a vehicle or object relative to a specified reference.

2. A person’s outlook, disposition, or evaluative stance toward something.

3. A position or pose adopted by the body.

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Words that belong together

• attitude control
• spacecraft attitude

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The thrusters corrected the spacecraft’s attitude.

A failed sensor left the displayed attitude unreliable.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular attitude; plural attitudes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.