align
verbUK /əˈlaɪn/
Etymology From Middle English alynen, alinen (“copulate”), from Middle French aligner, from Old French alignier, from a- + lignier, from Latin lineare (“make straight or perpendicular”), from the noun linea (“line”), from līneus (“flaxen; flaxen [thing]”), from līnum (“flax”), likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *līnom (compare linen).
7 senses
- 1To form a line; to fall into line.
- 2To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring…
- 3To organize in a consistent, defined way, perhaps in an…
- 4To identify (oneself) with, match, or support the…
- 5To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the…
- 6To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA, or protein…
- 7To identify entities that refer to the same real-world…
To form a line; to fall into line.
- The pedestrians aligned in such a way that from above they made a pyramidal pattern.
To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
To organize in a consistent, defined way, perhaps in an abstract sense.
To identify (oneself) with, match, or support the behaviour, thoughts, etc. of another person, organization, or country.
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size.
Bioinformatics, Biology, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA, or protein sequences which have regions of similarity.
Computing, Engineering, Human sciences, Information science, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To identify entities that refer to the same real-world object in different knowledge bases.
- Derived terms
- alignable, antialigning, autoalign, coalign, dealign, disalign, misalign, nonaligning, overalign, prealign, pseudoalign, realign, stars are aligned, stars align, subalign