alignment (n.)

  1. an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

    [ Syn: alliance , coalition , alinement ]

  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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