Alignment

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• IPA: [ɘˈɫaɪnmɘnt]

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Noun

Alignment (plural Alignments)

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. (astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.
5. (transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
6. (gaming) In a roleplaying game, one of a set number of philosophical attitudes a character can take.

Thesaurus

accommodation; adaptation; adjustment; affiliation; alliance; amalgamation; analogy; association; bearings; cahoots; coadunation; coalescence; coalition; coextension; colleagueship; collegialism; collegiality; collineation; combination; comradeship; concurrence; confederacy; confederation; confraternity; consolidation; copartnership; copartnery; disorientation; equidistance; federation; fellowship; fraternalism; fraternity; fraternization; freemasonry; fusion; hookup; inclusion; incorporation; integration; league; merger; nondivergence; orientation; parallelism; partnership; sodality; sorority; tie-in; tie-up; unification; union