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allineation, alin-|əlɪniːˈeɪʃən|
[n. of action f. prec.; cf. delineation.]
1. = alignment 1.
1860Builder XVIII. 333/2 Even the cross streets..will claim some attention, not only to their width, but their allineation. 1881Daily Tel. 31 Jan., The magnificent alineation of the New Law Courts.
2. = alignment 3.
1837Whewell Induct. Sc. i. iv. §1 (L.) The positions are described by means of alineations. 1863J. Draper Devel. Europe vi. (1865) 150 Hipparchus also undertook to make a register of the stars by the method of alineations. 1866Proctor Handbk. Stars Pref. 6 The great advantage..that the allineations of the stars are preserved.
3. The position of two or more bodies in a straight line with a given point, as of two planets in a line with the sun.
1882Young Sun v. 150 In some cases, sun-spot minima have coincided with the allineation of the two planets. |