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Alignment vs. Allignment: What's the Difference?

Alignment is the correct spelling, referring to the arrangement or adjustment of parts in relation to each other, while allignment is an incorrect spelling and not recognized in standard English.

Alignment and Allignment Definitions

Alignment

Arrangement or position in a straight line or in parallel lines.

Allignment

Archaic form of alignment

Alignment

The process of adjusting parts so that they are in proper relative position
A set of gears needs periodic alignment.

Allignment

See Alignment.

Alignment

The condition of having parts so adjusted
Binocular lenses that are out of alignment will yield a double image.
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Alignment

A ground plan
Blueprints for the building included an alignment and a profile.

Alignment

The act of aligning or the condition of being aligned.

Alignment

An arrangement or alliance of groups
A new alignment of factions in the party.

Alignment

An arrangement or positioning of players
A defensive alignment.

Alignment

The grouping or positioning of teams, as in a conference or league.
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Alignment

An arrangement of items in a line.

Alignment

The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.

Alignment

An alliance of factions.

Alignment

(AI) The goals and values of an artificial intelligence, considered relative to human ethical standards.
The alignment problem
The alignment tax

Alignment

(RPG) One of a set number of moral positions or philosophies a character can take.
An alignment chart

Alignment

(astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.

Alignment

(transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.

Alignment

(bioinformatics) A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.

Alignment

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.

Alignment

The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.

Alignment

An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

Alignment

The spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines

Alignment

(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac

Alignment

The act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other

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