alignment

Noun
  1. An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty (synset 108310903)
    is a type of: organisation, organization - a group of people who work together
    subtypes:
    • combination - an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)
    • allies - an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy
    • axis, bloc - a group of countries in special alliance
    • allies - in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers
    • central powers - in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies
    • allies - the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945
    • axis - in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations
    • entente, entente cordiale - an informal alliance between countries
    • popular front - a leftist coalition organized against a common opponent
    • global organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization - an international alliance involving many different countries
    • northern alliance, united front - a multiethnic alliance in Afghanistan who practice a moderate form of Islam and are united in their opposition to the Taliban
    member holonym: ally - a friendly nation
    same as: alinement, alliance, coalition
  2. The spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines (synset 105084315)
    is a type of: arrangement, placement - the spatial property of the way in which something is placed
    subtypes: true - proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
  3. (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac (synset 107429767)
    referred to in: astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
    is a type of: encounter, meeting - a casual or unexpected convergence
    subtypes:
    • inferior conjunction - (astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the same side of the sun
    • superior conjunction - (astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the opposite side of the sun
    same as: conjunction
  4. The act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other (synset 101002010)
    is a type of: adjustment, readjustment, registration - the act of adjusting something to match a standard
    subtypes:
    • camber - the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top
    • toe-in - the alignment of the front wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the front than at the back

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