alignment

English

In alignment and out of alignment

Alternative forms

• alinement, allignment (archaic)
• alignement (obsolete)

Etymology

French alignement, by surface analysis, align +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [əˈɫaɪnmənt]

• Audio (US)

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Noun

alignment (countable and uncountable, 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. (role-playing games) In a roleplaying game, one of a set number of philosophical attitudes a character can take.
7. (bioinformatics) A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.

Derived terms

• alignment chart
• alignment diagram
• alignment problem
• coalignment
• malalignment
• misalignment
• nonalignment
• ontology alignment
• photoalignment
• stone alignment
• unalignment
• waterfowl alignment

 

Translations

arrangement of items in a line

• Bulgarian: подравняване (podravnjavane)
• Catalan: alineació (ca) f, alineament (ca) m
• Esperanto: aranĝo (eo)
• Finnish: ojennus
• French: alignement (fr) m
• German: Ausrichtung (de) f, Aufreihung f, Aneinanderreihung (de) f
• Hungarian: egy vonalban/sorban való elrendezés/elrendeződés
• Indonesian: kesegarisan
• Irish: ailíniú m
• Italian: allineamento (it) m
• Lithuanian: lygiavimas
• Portuguese: alinhamento (pt) m
• Romanian: aliniere (ro) f, aliniament (ro) n
• Russian: выра́внивание (ru) n (vyrávnivanije)
• Spanish: alineación (es) f
• Swedish: inpassning

process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned

• Catalan: alineació (ca) f
• Finnish: kohdistaminen (fi), kohdistus (fi)
• French: ajustage (fr) m
• German: Ausrichtung (de) f, Abgleich m, Justierung (de) f, Einstellung (de) f
• Hungarian: igazítás (hu), összehangolás (hu), beállítás (hu)
• Irish: ailíniú m
• Italian: allineamento (it) m, orientamento (it) m
• Portuguese: alinhamento (pt) m
• Romanian: aliniere (ro) f, ajustare (ro) f
• Russian: регулиро́вка (ru) f (reguliróvka)
• Spanish: alineamiento (es) m
• Swedish: inpassning

alliance of factions

• Finnish: ojennus
• French: alliance (fr) f
• German: Ausrichtung (de) f, Gruppierung (de) f, Allianz (de) f, Zusammenschluss (de) m, Fraktion (de) f, Parteiengemeinschaft f
• Hungarian: szövetség (hu), csoportosulás (hu), tömörülés
• Italian: schieramento (it) m
• Portuguese: aliança (pt) f

astronomy: conjunction of two celestial objects

• Finnish: konjunktio (fi)
• French: conjonction (fr) f
• German: Konstellation (de) f, Konjunktion (de) f
• Hungarian: együttállás
• Indonesian: kesegarisan
• Italian: congiunzione (it) f
• Portuguese: alinhamento (pt) m

transport: precise route or course of a road etc.

• Finnish: linjaus (fi)
• French: itinéraire linéaire m
• German: gerader Streckenverlauf m
• Indonesian: alinyemen, trase
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trasé m, trase m

  Nynorsk: trasé m, trase m

• Romanian: aliniament (ro) n, traseu (ro) n

a way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences

• Finnish: yhteensovittaminen
• French: alignement (fr)
• Italian: allineamento (it) m
• Portuguese: alinhamento (pt) m
• Spanish: alineamiento (es) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} alineamiento (es) m, ^{(please verify)} alineación (es) f

Anagrams

• gintleman, lamenting, manteling