transcription, транскрипция: [ əlaɪnmənt ]
( alignments)
1.
An alignment is support for a particular group, especially in politics, or for a side in a quarrel or struggle.
The church should have no political alignment...
= affiliation
N-VAR
2.
The alignment of something is its position in relation to something else or to its correct position.
...the alignment of mirrors in the telescope.
= position
N-UNCOUNT