alignment

English

In alignment and out of alignment

Etymology

French alignement

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [əˈɫaɪnmənt]

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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

• stone alignment

Translations

arrangement of items in a line

• Bulgarian: подравняване (podravnjavane)
• Finnish: ojennus
• French: alignement (fr) m
• German: Ausrichtung (de) f, Aufreihung f, Aneinanderreihung (de) f
• Hungarian: egy vonalban/sorban való elrendezés/elrendeződés
• Interlingue: alineament
• Irish: ailíniú m

• Lithuanian: lygiavimas
• Portuguese: alinhamento (pt) m
• Romanian: aliniere (ro) f, aliniament (ro) n
• Russian: выра́внивание (ru) n (vyrávnivanije)
• Spanish: alineación f
• Swedish: inpassning

process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned

• Finnish: kohdistaminen (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

• Portuguese: alinhamento (pt) m
• Romanian: aliniere (ro) f, ajustare (ro) f
• Russian: регулиро́вка (ru) f (reguliróvka)
• Spanish: alineamiento 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
• 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
• Portuguese: alinhamento (pt) m

transport: precise route or course of a road etc.

• Finnish: linjaus (fi)
• French: itinéraire linéaire m
• German: gerader Streckenverlauf m
• 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 m

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Translations to be checked

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

Anagrams

• gintleman, lamenting, manteling