What does alignment mean?
Definitions for alignment
əˈlaɪn məntalign·ment
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Princeton's WordNet
alliance, coalition, alignment, alinementnoun
an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
alignmentnoun
the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
conjunction, alignmentnoun
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
alignmentnoun
the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
Wiktionary
alignmentnoun
An arrangement of items in a line.
alignmentnoun
The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
alignmentnoun
An alliance of factions.
alignmentnoun
The conjunction of two celestial objects.
alignmentnoun
The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
alignmentnoun
In a roleplaying game, one of a set number of philosophical attitudes a character can take.
Etymology: alignement
ChatGPT
alignment
Alignment is the arrangement or positioning of something in a straight line or in correct relative positions. It can also refer to a state of agreement or cooperation among persons, groups, countries and etc. with a common cause or viewpoint. In computing, it refers to the proper arrangement of data in memory to improve access times and overall system performance.
Webster Dictionary
Alignmentnoun
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
Alignmentnoun
the ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile
Etymology: [F. alignement.]
Wikidata
Alignment
The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party. In 1969 a new party known as the Alignment was established through an alliance of the Israeli Labor Party and Mapam, at the time holding 63 Knesset seats, the only party ever to have held an absolute majority of seats in the Knesset.
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
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.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
alignment
An imaginary line, drawn to regulate the order of a squadron.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
alignment
A formation in straight lines, for instance, the alignment of a battalion means the situation of a body of men when drawn up in line. The alignment of a camp signifies the relative position of the tents, etc., so as to form a straight line from given points.
Editors Contribution
alignment
The act and process of aligning.
The alignment was perfect everyone had chosen a unity government and it is manifesting everywhere.
Submitted by MaryC on March 19, 2020
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of alignment in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of alignment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of alignment in a Sentence
The regional financing it used to get has weakened and the loss of its leaders has brought this new alignment driven not by ideology but on strengthening its internal structure.
It is a Russian actor operating with alignment to the interest of the state, whether or not it's freelance, we don't know.
Seeing our first sample on the ground is a great capstone to our prime mission period, which ends on Jan. 6, it’s a nice alignment that, just as we’re starting our cache, we’re also closing this first chapter of the mission.
Even though there have been plenty of ignitions across the country, there hasn't been the alignment of conditions to allow very many of them to grow large, it is possible that things will change. We're heading into a period when a different type of fire is likely, so we may see more activity in Southern California than we have.
Sustaining high business performance is a product of continuous strategic alignment
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- انحيازArabic
- подравняванеBulgarian
- justeringDanish
- Aneinanderreihung, Justierung, Fraktion, Gruppierung, Parteiengemeinschaft, Konjunktion, gerader Streckenverlauf, Zusammenschluss, Einstellung, Allianz, Abgleich, Aufreihung, Ausrichtung, KonstellationGerman
- ευθυγραμμίαGreek
- alineamiento, alineaciónSpanish
- تراز دلخواهPersian
- konjunktio, ojennus, linjaus, kohdistaminenFinnish
- alignement, conjonction, ajustage, itinéraire linéaire, allianceFrench
- Gratia diei et noctisLatin
- opstellingDutch
- alinhamento, aliançaPortuguese
- регулировка, выравниваниеRussian
- inpassningSwedish
- hizalanmaTurkish
- căn chỉnhVietnamese
- 对准Chinese
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