Thesaurus: alignment

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1. n. 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. n. The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.
3. n. an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
4. n. the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
5. n. (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
6. n. the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
7. 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.
8. The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction fromthe grades or profile.
9. n:100 n. the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines n. the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other