alignment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: alignment	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for alignment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alignment n an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty Synonym(s): alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement Antonym(s): nonalignment, nonalinement the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac Synonym(s): conjunction, alignment the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alignment \A*lign"ment\, n. [F. alignement.] 1. The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron. 2. (Engin.) The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.