alignment

Noun

1. An arrangement of items in a line.
2. The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
3. An alliance of factions.
4. The goals and values of an artificial intelligence, considered relative to human ethical standards.
   • the alignment problem
   • the alignment tax
   • It turns out that there’s little overlap between the communities concerned primarily with such short-term risks and those who worry more about longer-term alignment risks. - 2022 December 13, Melanie Mitchell, “What...
5. One of a set number of moral positions or philosophies a character can take.
   • an alignment chart
6. The conjunction of two celestial objects.
7. The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
8. A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.
9. ground plan of a canal or road