Alignment - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |əˈlaɪnmənt|  American pronunciation of the word alignment
Brit.  |əˈlaɪnm(ə)nt|  British pronunciation of the word alignment

noun

- an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty (syn: alinement, alliance, coalition)
- 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 (syn: conjunction)
- the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other

Extra examples

The school has to bring its programs into alignment with state requirements.

New alignments have been created within the political party.

The wheels are out of alignment.

The alignment of the hills shows a northward drift.

The wheels were out of alignment.

Word forms

noun
singular: alignment
plural: alignments
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