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Definition of Alinement
1. Noun. An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty.
Specialized synonyms: Combination, Allies, Axis, Bloc, Allies, Central Powers, Allies, Axis, Entente, Entente Cordiale, Popular Front, Global Organization, International Organisation, International Organization, World Organisation, World Organization, Northern Alliance, United Front
Generic synonyms: Organisation, Organization
Member holonyms: Ally
Derivative terms: Align
Antonyms: Nonalignment
Definition of Alinement
1. n. Same as Alignment.
Definition of Alinement
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of alignment) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alinement
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Alinement
1. 1. The longitudinal position of a bone or limb. 2. The act of bringing into line. 3. In dentistry, the arrangement of the teeth in relation to the supporting structures and the adjacent and opposing dentitions. Synonym: alinement. Origin: Fr. Aligner, to line up, fr. L. Linea, line (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alinement
Literary usage of Alinement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Irrigation Engineering by Arthur Powell Davis, Herbert Michael Wilson (1919)
"alinement.—Owing to its moderate velocity, the alinement requirements of canal
... This will shorten the line, improve the alinement and make a safer ..."
2. A Treatise on Surveying: Comprising the Theory and the Practice by William Mitchell Gillespie, Cady Staley (1897)
"alinement. To secure the alinement of the bar, eleven German-silver plugs 5 ...
The length of the bar, as regards alinement, is defined to be the distance ..."
3. Railway Right-of-way Surveying by Albert Irvin Frye (1904)
"TENTATIVE alinement SHEET. The tentative alinement sheet will be compiled from
... Generally, the new alinement should follow ihe center line as it will be ..."
4. Text-book of Advanced Machine Work: Prepared for Students in Technical by Robert Henry Smith (1915)
"Bracket nuts are drilled and tapped in alinement with scraped slide and bearing of
... alinement DRILLING AND TAPPING, MILLING MACKS* CROSS-FEED SCREW NUT. ..."
5. The Construction of Graphical Charts by John Bailey Peddle (1919)
"THE alinement CHART. A type of chart which has received considerable attention
of late years and which differs radically from those already described is ..."
6. Manual of Instructions for the Survey of the Public Lands of the United States by United States Bureau of Land Management (1919)
"... or a definite variation in alinement, characterizing ' original survey, it
will be proper to make allowance for such ''tage "index error. ..."
7. Railroad Construction: : Theory and Practice : a Text-book for the Use of by Walter Loring Webb (1917)
"alinement IN this chapter the alinement of the center line only 6f a pair of
rails ia considered. When a railroad is crossing a summit in the grade line, ..."
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