Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Alignment"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alignment \A*lign"ment\, n. [F. alignement.]
1. 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. (Engin.) The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in
distinction from the grades or profile.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
alignment
n 1: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact
or treaty [syn: {alliance}, {coalition}, {alinement}]
[ant: {nonalignment}]
2: the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position
of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
3: (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more
celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac [syn: {conjunction}]
4: the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in
relation to each other
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