alignment

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Synonyms: malignment, allignment, aliment, assignment, ligament, eloignment, alinement, realignment, alignments, ligement, alightment

Antonyms: malignment, allignment, aliment, assignment, ligament, eloignment, alinement, realignment, alignments, ligement, alightment

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. An [[arrangement]] of items in a [[line]].
2. The [[process]] of [[adjusting]] a [[mechanism]] such that its [[part]]s are [[aligned]]; the [[condition]] of having its parts so adjusted.
3. An [[alliance]] of [[faction]]s.
4. {{lb|en|AI}} The [[goal#Noun|goals]] and [[value#Noun|values]] of an [[artificial intelligence#Noun|artificial intelligence]], considered relative to [[human#Adjective|human]] [[ethical#Adjective|ethical]] standards.
5. {{senseid|en|RPG}} {{lb|en|RPG}} One of a set number of [[moral#Adjective|moral]] [[position#Noun|positions]] or [[philosophy#Noun|philosophies]] a [[character#Noun|character]] can take.
6. {{lb|en|astronomy}} The [[conjunction]] of two [[celestial]] objects.
7. {{lb|en|transport}} The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
8. {{lb|en|biology|[[bioinformatics]]}} A way of [[arrange|arranging]] [[DNA]], [[RNA]] or [[protein]] [[sequence]]s in order to [[identify]] [[region]]s of [[similarity]].
9. {{lb|en|road transport|urban studies}} A [[ground plan]] of a [[canal]] or [[road]].

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