English Online Dictionary. What means alignment? What does alignment mean?
English
Alternative forms
- alinement, allignment (archaic)
- alignement (obsolete)
Etymology
French alignement, by surface analysis, align + -ment.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US, Canada) IPA(key): /əˈlaɪn.mənt/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈlɑɪn.mənt/
Noun
alignment (countable and uncountable, plural alignments)
- An arrangement of items in a line.
- The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
- An alliance of factions.
- (artificial intelligence) The goals and values of an artificial intelligence, considered relative to human ethical standards.
- (roleplaying games) One of a set number of moral positions or philosophies a character can take.
- (astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.
- (transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
- (bioinformatics) A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.
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- gintleman, lamenting, manteling