alignment

English

Etymology

French alignement

Pronunciation

• 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.

Translations

arrangement of items in a line

• Bulgarian: подравняване (bg) (podravnjavane)
• Finnish: ojennus (fi)
• French: alignement (fr) m
• German: Ausrichtung (de) f

• Portuguese: alinhamento (pt) m
• Russian: выравнивание (ru) (vyrávnivanije) n
• Spanish: alineación (es) f

process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned

• Finnish: kohdistaminen (fi)
• French: ajustage (fr) m
• German: Ausrichtung (de) f

• Portuguese: alinhamento (pt) m
• Russian: регулировка (ru) (reguliróvka) f
• Spanish: alineamiento (es) m

alliance of factions

• Finnish: ojennus (fi)
• French: alliance (fr) f

• German: Ausrichtung (de) f

astronomy: conjunction of two celestial objects

• Finnish: konjunktio (fi)
• French: conjonction (fr) f

• German: Konstellation (de) f

transport: precise route or course of a road etc.

• Finnish: linjaus (fi)

• French: itinéraire linéaire (fr) m

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: alineamiento m, alineación f

• Portuguese: alinhamento m

Anagrams

• lamenting