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 Definitions of Alignment  [əˈlaɪn mənt]  

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Definition of 'Alignment' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) alignment
an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.

2.  alignment
the line or lines so formed.

3.  alignment
the proper adjustment of the components of an electronic circuit, machine, etc., for coordinated functioning:
rear-wheel alignment.

4.  alignment
a state of agreement or cooperation among persons, groups, nations, etc.:
an alignment of political parties.

5.  alignment
a ground plan of a railroad or highway.

Etymology:  (1780–90)

Definition of 'Alignment' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement
an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

2. (noun) alignment
the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines

3. (noun) conjunction, alignment
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac

4. (noun) alignment
the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other


Definition of 'Alignment' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Alignment
the act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron

2. (noun) Alignment
the ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile


Definition of 'Alignment' The Standard Electrical Dictionary 

1.  Alignment
The placing in or occupying of the same straight line. The bearings of a shaft in dynamos, engines, and other machinery have to be in accurate alignment.



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