alignment

alignment
    n 1: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact
         or treaty [syn: {alliance}, {coalition}, {alignment},
         {alinement}] [ant: {nonalignment}, {nonalinement}]
    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}, {alignment}]
    4: the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in
       relation to each other
    

Alignment \A*lign"ment\, n. [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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Engin.) The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in
      distinction from the grades or profile.
      [1913 Webster]
    

52 Moby Thesaurus words for "alignment":
      accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, affiliation, alliance,
      amalgamation, analogy, association, bearings, cahoots, coadunation,
      coalescence, coalition, coextension, colleagueship, collegialism,
      collegiality, collineation, combination, comradeship, concurrence,
      confederacy, confederation, confraternity, consolidation,
      copartnership, copartnery, disorientation, equidistance,
      federation, fellowship, fraternalism, fraternity, fraternization,
      freemasonry, fusion, hookup, inclusion, incorporation, integration,
      league, merger, nondivergence, orientation, parallelism,
      partnership, sodality, sorority, tie-in, tie-up, unification,
      union