alignment

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The goals and values of an artificial intelligence, considered relative to human ethical standards.

   the alignment problem

2. 2
   noun

   One of a set number of moral positions or philosophies a character can take.

   an alignment chart

3. 3
   noun

   the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other

4. 4
   noun

   the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines

5. 5
   noun

   (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac

6. 6
   noun

   an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

7. 7
   noun

   An arrangement of items in a line.

8. 8
   noun

   The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.

Etymology

From French alignement, by surface analysis, align + -ment.