alignment meaning and definition

ALIGNMENT noun

Definition of alignment (noun)

1. an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
   • synonyms: alinement, alliance, coalition
   • antonym: 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
   • synonyms: conjunction
4. the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other