Orientability refers to a property of a manifold that indicates whether it has a consistent choice of 'direction' throughout. In simple terms, if you can continuously choose a direction for all the points on the manifold without encountering contradictions, the manifold is orientable. This concept is crucial when discussing Poincaré duality and the Euler class, as it affects the structure and properties of manifolds in algebraic topology.
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