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Webster 1913 Edition
Alignment
A-lign′ment
,Noun.
[F.
alignement
.] 1.
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.
2.
(Engin.)
The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.