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Alignment is the adjustment of an object in relation with other objects, or a static orientation of some object or set of objects in relation to others. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a Wikimedia Foundation project intended to be a free wiki dictionary (hence: Wiktionary) (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ...

• An alignment of megaliths: see stone row.
• Alignment (role-playing games) refers to the moral and ethical perspective of (fictional) characters.

It has a more specific meaning in some disciplines: In archaeology, a stone row or stone alignment is a linear arrangement of standing stones. ... In Dungeons & Dragons and some similar role-playing games, alignment is a categorisation of the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non-player characters, monsters, and societies in the game. ...

• Typographic alignment, in typesetting, lines of text or images can be aligned left, right, centered or justified.
• Sequence alignment shows similarities between protein or nucleic acid sequences (also in bioinformatics).
• Structural alignment presents similarities in 3D structure of protein molecules.
• Wheel alignment in an automobile means adjustment of the camber, castor, and/or toe to improve performance and maintain proper tire wear characteristics of the car
• Data structure alignment, in computer programming, refers to arranging data in memory
• Parallel text alignment, in artificial intelligence
• Ontology alignment, in heterogeneous knowledge bases, the expression of the correspondences between two ontologies is called ontology alignment
• Body alignment, in sport and dance, the proper placement of the bones so that the muscles do less work
• Morphosyntactic alignment, in linguistics, the properties determining the grammatical relationship between verbal arguments of various kinds
• Fibre alignment, in optoelectronics, to connect two Optical fibers to each other

Other fields where the term "alignment" has a particular meaning: In typesetting, alignment, is the horizontal positioning and alignment of text or images within a line, typically relative to a column. ... Sequence alignment is an arrangement of two or more sequences, highlighting their similarity. ... Protein structural alignment is a form of alignment which tries to establish equivalences between two or more protein structures based on their fold. ... Wheel alignment Wheel alignment is a (mostly) computerized procedure routinely done in most cross-specializing mechanics shop, and in some tire shops. ... Data structure members are stored sequentially in a memory so that in the structure below the member Data1 will always precede Data2 and Data2 will always precede Data3: struct MyData { short Data1; short Data2; short Data3; }; If the type short is stored in two bytes of memory then each member... A parallel text is a text in one language together with its translation in another language. ... Ontology Alignment is the process of determining correspondences between concepts. ... Body alignment is, simply, the dynamic placement of the bones so that the muscle system does less work. ... In linguistics, morphosyntactic alignment is the system used to distinguish between the arguments of transitive verbs and intransitive verbs. ... Fiber Optic strands An optical fiber in American English or fibre in British English is a transparent thin fiber for transmitting light. ...

• Ley line, an interpretation of an alignment of a number of places of geographical interest, such as ancient megaliths. Archaeogeodesy is the study of such alignments.
• In integrated circuit fabrication, alignment is the step in a photolithographic process in which a mask used to pattern a layer of the circuit is registered in its x-y position with respect to the wafer (usually silicon) on which the circuit is being formed.

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Ley lines are alignments of a number of places of geographical interest, such as ancient megaliths. ... NASAs Glenn Research Center cleanroom. ... Photolithography is a process used in semiconductor device fabrication to transfer a pattern from a photomask (also called reticle) to the surface of a substrate. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

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• Mechanical alignment for rotating equipment (pumps & turbines)