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alignment (n.)
1790, "arrangement in a line," from French alignement, from aligner "to arrange in a line" (see align). Political sense is from 1933.
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align (v.)
early 15c., "to copulate" (of wolves, dogs), literally "to range (things) in a line," from Old French alignier "set, lay in line" (Modern French aligner), from à "to" (see ad-) + lignier "to line," from Latin lineare "reduce to a straight line," from linea (see line (n.)). Transitive or reflexive sense of "to fall into line" is from 1853. International political sense is attested from 1934. The French spelling with -g- is unetymological, and aline was an early form in English. Related: Aligned; aligning.
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Definitions of alignment
alignment (n.)
an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty;
alignment (n.)
the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines;
alignment (n.)
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac;
Synonyms: conjunction
alignment (n.)
the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other;
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