[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

alignment \align"ment\, n. f. alignement.
   1. the act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or
      lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a
      straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an
      imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a
      squadron.
      1913 webster

   2. engin. the ground-plan of a railway or other road, in
      distinction from the grades or profile.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

alignment
     n 1: an organization of people or countries involved in a pact
          or treaty syn: alliance, coalition, alinement
          ant: 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 syn: conjunction
     4: the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in
        relation to each other
see also:
alliance coalition alinement nonalignment conjunction 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

52 moby thesaurus words for "alignment":
   accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, affiliation, alliance,
   amalgamation, analogy, association, bearings, cahoots, coadunation,
   coalescence, coalition, coextension, colleagueship, collegialism,
   collegiality, collineation, combination, comradeship, concurrence,
   confederacy, confederation, confraternity, consolidation,
   copartnership, copartnery, disorientation, equidistance,
   federation, fellowship, fraternalism, fraternity, fraternization,
   freemasonry, fusion, hookup, inclusion, incorporation, integration,
   league, merger, nondivergence, orientation, parallelism,
   partnership, sodality, sorority, tie-in, tie-up, unification,
   union

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