an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
the line or lines so formed.
the proper adjustment of the components of an electronic circuit, machine, etc., for coordinated functioning: The front wheels of the car are out of alignment.
a state of agreement or cooperation among persons, groups, nations, etc., with a common cause or viewpoint.
a ground plan of a railroad or highway.
Archaeology. a line or an arrangement of parallel or converging lines of upright stones or menhirs.
People have different fictions of the world and sometimes they are pretty brutally out of alignment.
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Importantly, Outbrain’s profits are achieved in alignment with our publisher partners, while standing by all of our commitments to them.
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Once the disk was split, the inner ring was free to swing around the stars, settling into its skewed alignment.
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From my subsequent conversations with the team, it seems like there will be alignment lights to help track when the charger is aligned with the device.
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Blade alignment stays where it needs to be, thanks to the one-touch lock feature on the slide fence.
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Curbs at nearly the exact same spot on opposite sides of the street are popped out of alignment.
Silicon Valley Mansions, Swallowed Alive|Geoff Manaugh|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Other theories hold that it was a supernova or an alignment of two or three planets.
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Psychics and astrologers were employed to attack the enemy and plan tactics based on the alignment of the stars.
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“His alignment with NOM was really part of a downhill spiral for him,” he said.
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Rationality is the ability to bring means into alignment with ends.
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New Alresford is nearer the alignment (though not on it), and it is to New Alresford that the modern road leads.
The Old Road|Hilaire Belloc
Yes, the inter-sliding series of plates, that reversed or neutralized gravitational attraction at a touch, were in alignment.
The Planetoid of Peril|Paul Ernst
But the student can at least get the general drift and the alignment of the States on the opposing sides.
A Source Book in American History to 1787|Various
Of course, absolutely no change in alignment could be permitted while these tubes were in use carrying mail.
The New York Subway|Anonymous
Indeed, it does not matter whether the beads are moved in the order of their alignment or at random.
Montessori Elementary Materials|Maria Montessori
British Dictionary definitions for alignment
alignment
/ (əˈlaɪnmənt) /
noun
arrangement in a straight line
the line or lines formed in this manner
alliance or union with a party, cause, etc
proper or desirable coordination or relation of components
a ground plan of a railway, motor road, etc
archaeolan arrangement of one or more ancient rows of standing stones, of uncertain significance
psycholintegration or harmonization of aims, practices, etc within a group
psycholidentification with or matching of the behaviour, thoughts, etc of another person