Alignment

Quick meaning: Alignment is a noun meaning An arrangement of items in a line.

Meaning

An arrangement of items in a line.

More Meanings

1. The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
2. An alliance of factions.
3. (artificial intelligence) The goals and values of an artificial intelligence, considered relative to human ethical standards.
4. (roleplaying games) One of a set number of moral positions or philosophies a character can take.
5. (astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.
6. (transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
7. (bioinformatics) A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.

Example Sentences

the alignment tax

an alignment chart

the alignment problem

It turns out that there’s little overlap between the communities concerned primarily with such short-term risks and those who worry more about longer-term alignment risks.

Word Forms

• alignments
• alinement
• alignement

Synonyms for alignment

Depending on context, synonyms include conjunction, alinement, alliance, coalition.

Antonyms for alignment

Common opposites include nonalignment.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include conjunction, coalition, alliance, alinement, align, aligned.

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