ORIENTEERING

o-ri-en-teer-ing (ôr ee en teer'ing, ohr -) n. 1. a sport in which competitors navigate unfamiliar terrain and locate checkpoints with the aid of a map and compass, the winner being the person who finishes with the lowest elapsed time. [1945-50; alter. of Sw orientering (conformed to - EER) = orienter (a) ORIENT (v.) + -ing - ING 1] (Random House Webster's Electronic Dictionary and Thesaurus, 1992 )

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