align·ment /əˈlaɪnmənt/
隊列,結盟,校直
alignment
調正; 對齊
alignment
對準
alignment
調正 對齊 對準
A·lign·ment n.
1. The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.
2. Engin. The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.
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alignment
n 1: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact
or treaty [syn: alliance, coalition, alinement]
[ant: nonalignment]
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 [syn: conjunction]
4: the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in
relation to each other