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
