align

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by 119.224.100.57 (talk) as of 23:07, 22 October 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
In alignment and out of alignment

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English alynen, alinen (“copulate”), from Middle French aligner, from Old French alignier.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /əˈlaɪn/, /æˈlaɪn/
  • Rhymes: -aɪn

Verb

align (third-person singular simple present aligns, present participle aligning, simple past and past participle aligned)

  1. (intransitive) To form a line; to fall into line.
  2. (transitive) To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
  3. (transitive, computing) To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size.
  4. (intransitive) To identify with or match the behaviour, thoughts, etc of another person.
  5. (bioinformatics) To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA or protein sequences which have regions of similarity.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=align&oldid=57823388"