alignment

Noun
  1. 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. 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. 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. 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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