Alignment

Alignment may refer to:

Archaeology

 * Alignment (archaeology), a co-linear arrangement of features or structures with external landmarks
 * Stone alignment, a linear arrangement of upright, parallel megalithic standing stones

Biology

 * Structural alignment, establishing similarities in the 3D structure of protein molecules
 * Sequence alignment, in bioinformatics, arranging the sequences of DNA, RNA, or protein to identify similarities
 * Alignment program, software used in sequence alignment

Engineering

 * Road alignment, the route of a road, defined as a series of horizontal tangents and curves, as defined by planners and surveyors
 * Railway alignment, three-dimensional geometry of track layouts
 * Transfer alignment, a process for initializing and calibrating the inertial navigation system on a missile or torpedo
 * Shaft alignment, in mechanical engineering, aligning two or more shafts with each other
 * Wheel alignment, automobile wheel and suspension angles which affect performance and tire wear

Technology

 * AI alignment, steering artificial intelligence systems towards the intended objective
 * Alignment level, an audio recording/engineering term for a selected point in the audio that represents a reasonable sound level
 * Business–IT alignment, how well an organization is able to use Information Technology to achieve objectives
 * Data structure alignment, arranging data in computer memory to fit machine design, also known more simply as an alignment structure
 * Music alignment, linking various music representations (sheet music, audio, video, MIDI, etc.) related to a given musical work
 * Partition alignment, letting address ranges of hard disk drive partitions start at certain physical boundaries or at multiples of units such as 4 KB or 1 MB

Linguistics and typography

 * Morphosyntactic alignment, the linguistic system used to distinguish between the arguments of transitive and intransitive verbs
 * Parallel text alignment, the identification of corresponding sentences in original and translated texts
 * Typographic alignment, placement of printed matter relative to a page, column, margin, etc.

Other forms of alignment

 * Alignment of random points in statistics representing data points that lie on a relatively straight path
 * Alignment of the body in a dance hall, see Direction of movement
 * Chiropractic alignment, another term for chiropractic adjustment
 * Coital alignment technique, a sex position
 * Constructive alignment, a method of devising teaching activities that directly address learning outcomes
 * Ontology alignment, the process of determining correspondences between concepts
 * Planetary alignment, in astronomy, a straight line configuration of three celestial bodies

Politics

 * Alignment (Israel), political party from 1965 to 1992

Entertainment

 * Alignment (role-playing games), the moral and ethical perspective of the characters, monsters, and societies
 * Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)
 * The Alignment, a 2012 album by Samestate
 * Alignments (album), a 2020 album by Double Experience