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