Associations to the word «Alignment»

Wiktionary

ALIGNMENT, noun. An arrangement of items in a line.
ALIGNMENT, noun. The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
ALIGNMENT, noun. An alliance of factions.
ALIGNMENT, noun. (astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.
ALIGNMENT, noun. (transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
ALIGNMENT, noun. (gaming) In a roleplaying game, one of a set number of philosophical attitudes a character can take.
ALIGNMENT, noun. (bioinformatic) A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.
ALIGNMENT CHART, noun. A nomogram.
ALIGNMENT CHARTS, noun. Plural of alignment chart
ALIGNMENT DIAGRAM, noun. A nomogram.

Dictionary definition

ALIGNMENT, noun. An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty.
ALIGNMENT, noun. The spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines.
ALIGNMENT, noun. (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac.
ALIGNMENT, noun. The act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other.

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche