alignment

alignment (http://definr.com/alignment)

     n 1: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact
          or treaty [syn: alliance, coalition, alinement]
          [ant: nonalignment]
     2: the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position
        of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
     3: (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more
        celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac [syn: conjunction]
     4: the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in
        relation to each other