Alignment may refer to:

Archaeology

Alignment (archaeology) This page is a glossary of archaeology, the study of the human past from material remains. A B C D E F ...

, 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, 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 biology, structural, or evolutionary relationships between ...

, 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 Data structure alignment is the way data is arranged and accessed in computer memory. It consists of three separate but related issues: data alignment, data structure padding, and packing. The CPU in modern computer hardware performs reads ...

, 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 In linguistics, morphosyntactic alignment is the grammatical relationship between arguments—specifically, between the two arguments (in English, subject and object) of transitive verbs like ''the dog chased the cat'', and the single argument of ...

, the linguistic system used to distinguish between the arguments of transitive and intransitive verbs *

Parallel text alignment A parallel text is a text placed alongside its translation or translations. Parallel text alignment is the identification of the corresponding sentences in both halves of the parallel text. The Loeb Classical Library and the Clay Sanskrit Libr ...

, the identification of corresponding sentences in original and translated texts *

Typographic alignment In typesetting and page layout, alignment or range is the setting of typography, text flow or image placement relative to a page (paper), page, column (typography), column (measure), table cell, or tabulation, tab (and often to an image above it o ...

, 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#Basic directions of movement with respect to the room * Chiropractic alignment, another term for

chiropractic Chiropractic () is a form of alternative medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially of the spine. It is based on several pseudoscientific ideas. Many c ...

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 and organization

Alignment (Israel) The Alignment () was the name of two political alliances in Israel, both of which ended their existence by merging, in January 1968 and October 1991, into the Israeli Labor Party. The first Alignment was a 1965 alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvod ...

, political party from 1965 to 1992 *

Strategic alignment Strategic alignment is a process that ensures an organization's structure, use of resources (and culture) support its strategy. "In its simplest form, organizational strategic alignment is lining up a business' strategy with its culture." Successfu ...

, lining up an organization's strategy with its culture

Entertainment

Alignment (role-playing games) In some role-playing games (RPGs), alignment is a categorization of the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non-player characters, monsters, and societies in the game. Not all role-playing games have such a system, and some ...

, the moral and ethical perspective of the characters, monsters, and societies ** Alignment (''Dungeons & Dragons'') * ''

The Alignment ''The Alignment'' is the first studio album by Christian alternative- rock band Samestate, released on February 28, 2012, by Sparrow Records. Critical reception Elise F. of Alpha Omega News wrote that "For a debut, however, ''The Alignment'' ...

'', a 2012 album by Samestate * ''Alignments'' (album), a 2020 album by Double Experience