Alignment may refer to:

Archaeology

* Alignment (archaeology), a co-linear arrangement of features or structures with external landmarks *

Stone alignment A stone row or stone alignment is a linear arrangement of upright, parallel megalithic standing stones set at intervals along a common axis or series of axes, usually dating from the later Neolithic or Bronze Age.Power (1997), p.23 Rows may be i ...

, a linear arrangement of upright, parallel megalithic standing stones

Biology

Structural alignment Structural alignment attempts to establish homology between two or more polymer structures based on their shape and three-dimensional conformation. This process is usually applied to protein tertiary structures but can also be used for large RN ...

, 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, or evolutionary relationships between the sequences. Alig ...

, in bioinformatics, arranging the sequences of DNA, RNA, or protein to identify similarities **

Alignment program This list of sequence alignment software is a compilation of software tools and web portals used in pairwise sequence alignment and multiple sequence alignment. See structural alignment software for structural alignment of proteins. Database sear ...

, 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 Transfer alignment is the process of initializing and calibrating a missile or torpedo inertial navigation system using data from the host carrier's navigation system A navigation system is a computing system that aids in navigation. Navigation sy ...

, a process for initializing and calibrating the inertial navigation system on a missile or torpedo *

Shaft alignment Shaft alignment is the process of aligning two or more shafts with each other to within a tolerated margin. The resulting fault if alignment is not achieved within the demanded specifications is shaft misalignment, which may be offset or angular. F ...

, 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 In the field of artificial intelligence (AI), AI alignment research aims to steer AI systems towards their designers’ intended goals and interests. An ''aligned'' AI system advances the intended objective; a ''misaligned'' AI system is compete ...

, the issue of aligning artificial intelligence goal systems with human values * 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 Music can be described and represented in many different ways including sheet music, symbolic representations, and audio recordings. For each of these representations, there may exist different versions that correspond to the same musical work. Th ...

, link various music representation (sheet music, audio, video, MIDI, etc.) related to a given musical work *

Partition alignment Partition alignment is the proper alignment of partitions to the boundaries available in a data storage device. Examples include the following: * 4 KB sector alignment with hard disk drives supporting Advanced Format (AF) * Track partition al ...

, letting address ranges of hard disk drive partitions start at certain physical boundaries or at multiples of units such as 1 MB

Linguistics and typography

* Morphosyntactic alignment, 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, placement of printed matter relative to a page, column, margin, etc.

Other forms of alignment

Alignment of random points Alignments of random points in a plane can be demonstrated by statistics to be counter-intuitively easy to find when a large number of randomness, random points are marked on a bounded flat surface. This has been put forward as a demonstration t ...

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 adjustment * Constructive alignment, a method of devising teaching activities that directly address learning outcomes *

Ontology alignment Ontology alignment, or ontology matching, is the process of determining correspondences between concepts in ontologies. A set of correspondences is also called an alignment. The phrase takes on a slightly different meaning, in computer science, ...

, the process of determining correspondences between concepts *

Planetary alignment In astronomy, a syzygy ( ; ) is a roughly straight-line configuration of three or more celestial bodies in a gravitational system. Overview The word is often used in reference to the Sun, Earth, and either the Moon or a planet, where the latt ...

, 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 ''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'' was ...

'', a 2012 album by Samestate *

Alignments (album) Alignments is Double Experience Double Experience is a rock band based in Ottawa, Ontario that was formed in the summer of 2011. The band consists of vocalist and front man Ian Nichols and guitarist Brock Tinsley. History Formation ...