Definition of 'alignment'

Noun

1. an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
      Synonyms: alliance coalition alinement
      Antonyms: nonalignment nonalinement
2. the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
3. (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
      Synonyms: conjunction
4. the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other

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