alignment

[ษ™หˆษซaษชnmษ™nt]
noun
  1. 1

    An arrangement of items in a line.

  2. 2

    The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.

  3. 3

    An alliance of factions.

  4. 4

    The conjunction of two celestial objects.

  5. 5

    The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.

  6. 6

    In a roleplaying game, one of a set number of philosophical attitudes a character can take.

  7. 7

    A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alignment