Alignment
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Alignment may refer to:
- Alignment (archaeology)Alignment (archaeology)An alignment in archaeology is a secondary or circumstantial form of evidence used to associate features such as postholes by virtue of their physical relationships rather than stratigraphic ones...
, secondary evidence used to associate features such as postholes - Alignment (political party)Alignment (political party)The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party...
, in Israel from 1965 to 1992 - Alignment (role-playing games)Alignment (role-playing games)In some 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....
, the moral and ethical perspective of the characters, monsters, and societies- Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, alignment is a categorization of the ethical and moral perspective of people, creatures and societies....
- Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Body alignmentBody alignmentBody alignment is the optimal placement of the body parts so that the skeletal bones are efficiently used, so the muscles have to do less work for the same effect.A good posture requires good body alignment....
, in sports and dance, the proper placement of bones so that muscles do less work - Business/IT alignmentBusiness/IT alignmentBusiness-IT alignment is a dynamic state in which a business organization is able to use information technology effectively to achieve business objectives - typically improved financial performance or marketplace competitiveness...
, how well an organization is able to use Information Technology to achieve objectives - Constructive alignmentConstructive alignmentConstructive alignment is a principle used for devising teaching and learning activities, and assessment tasks, that directly address the learning outcomes intended in a way not typically achieved in traditional lectures, tutorial classes and examinations . Constructive alignment was devised by...
, a method of devising teaching activities that directly address learning outcomes - Data structure alignmentData structure alignmentData structure alignment is the way data is arranged and accessed in computer memory. It consists of two separate but related issues: data alignment and data structure padding. When a modern computer reads from or writes to a memory address, it will do this in word sized chunks...
, arranging data in computer memory to fit machine design - Morphosyntactic alignmentMorphosyntactic alignmentIn linguistics, morphosyntactic alignment is the system used to distinguish between the arguments of transitive verbs and those of intransitive verbs...
, the linguistic system used to distinguish between the arguments of transitive and intransitive verbs - Ontology alignmentOntology alignmentOntology alignment, or ontology matching, is the process of determining correspondences between concepts. A set of correspondences is also called an alignment. The phrase takes on a slightly different meaning, in computer science, cognitive science or philosophy.-Computer Science:For computer...
, the process of determining correspondences between concepts - Parallel text alignment, the identification of corresponding sentences in original and translated texts
- Planetary alignment, in astronomy, a straight line configuration of three celestial bodies
- Sequence alignmentSequence alignmentIn bioinformatics, a sequence alignment is a way of arranging the sequences of DNA, RNA, or protein to identify regions of similarity that may be a consequence of functional, structural, or evolutionary relationships between the sequences. Aligned sequences of nucleotide or amino acid residues are...
, in bioinformatics, arranging the sequences of DNA, RNA, or protein to identify similarities - Shaft alignmentShaft alignmentShaft alignment is the process to align two or more shafts with each other to within a tolerated margin. It is an absolute requirement for machinery before the machinery is put in service....
, in mechanical engineering, aligning two or more shafts with each other - Stone alignment, a linear arrangement of upright, parallel megalithic standing stones
- Structural alignmentStructural alignmentStructural alignment attempts to establish homology between two or more polymer structures based on their shape and three-dimensional conformation. This process is usually applied to protein tertiary structures but can also be used for large RNA molecules...
, establishing similarities in the 3D structure of protein molecules - Typographic alignmentTypographic alignmentIn typesetting and page layout, alignment or range, is the setting of text flow or image placement relative to a page, column , table cell or tab...
, placement of printed matter relative to a page, column, margin, etc. - Wheel alignmentWheel alignmentWheel alignment sometimes referred to as tracking, is part of standard automobile maintenance that consists of adjusting the angles of the wheels so that they are set to the car maker's specification. The purpose of these adjustments is to reduce tire wear, and to ensure that vehicle travel is...
, automobile wheel and suspension angles which affect performance and tire wear