alignment
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
align/əˈlʌɪn/
▶verb
- 1 place or arrange in a straight line or into correct relative positions.
- 2 (align oneself with) ally oneself to.
■ come together in alliance.
– derivatives
alignment noun.
alignment noun.
– origin C17: from Fr. aligner, from à ligne ‘into line’.
'alignment' also found in these Oxford entries:
align
- antiferromagnetic
- collimate
- conjunction
- dress
- ferrimagnetic
- ferromagnetic
- Iyengar
- line
- non-aligned
- trachytic
- tracking
- true
