English Explanatory Dictionary

alignment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An arrangement of items in a line.
  2. The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
  3. An alliance of factions.
  4. The goals and values of an artificial intelligence, considered relative to human ethical standards.
  5. One of a set number of moral positions or philosophies a character can take.
  6. The conjunction of two celestial objects.
  7. The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
  8. A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.
  9. ground plan of a canal or road

Pronunciation

/əˈlaɪn.mənt/ en-us-alignment.ogg /əˈlɑen.mənt/ [əˈlɑe̯n.mənt]

Word forms

alignment alignments alinement allignment alignement

Etymology

From French alignement, by surface analysis, align + -ment.

Derived words

alignment chart alignment diagram alignment problem alignment tax antialignment autoalignment coalignment dealignment disalignment entity alignment frame-alignment recovery time hyperalignment malalignment misalignment multialignment nonalignment non-alignment ontology alignment overalignment photoalignment postalignment prealignment pseudoalignment realignment stone alignment subalignment superalignment time alignment unalignment vertical alignment waterfowl alignment
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