[
US
/əˈɫaɪnmənt/
]
[ UK /ɐlˈaɪnmənt/ ]
[ UK /ɐlˈaɪnmənt/ ]
NOUN
- (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
- the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
- an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
- the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
How To Use alignment In A Sentence
- They wanted to streamline operations, so his firm suggested a horizontal realignment of operations.
- And they got it: a realignment of American politics into parties of left and right. Times, Sunday Times
- The bandages on his face peeled off, and the bones suddenly cracked back into alignment, and his nose cricked into place.
- It provides a powerful method in laser assessment and alignment, and provides a diagnostic tool for measuring optical surfaces and transmissive components.
- Especially on the left, the defeat in 1849 provoked a period of reassessment which, together with the hardship and loneliness of political exile, led to some substantial political realignments.
- This war will inevitably lead to a realignment of/within European politics.
- Besides, correction effect of fundamental variables in the model to RMB rate misalignment is also elaborated.
- It would have been a realignment of British politics. Times, Sunday Times
- The biggest post-election challenge is rebuilding the social justice agenda and its support base while reassessing political alignments.
- At the same time, we can also find some helpful revelation for implementing the reorganization system of the new law of bankruptcy from Zheng Baiwen s realignment.