aligning
Bringing into agreement
Aligning is the act of bringing things into proper position or arrangement.
Physical alignment puts objects in a straight line or correct orientation: aligning the text to the left margin, aligning the wheels on a car.
Figuratively, aligning means bringing into agreement or cooperation: aligning your goals with your actions, aligning with allies on foreign policy.
Things that align share a common direction or purpose.
Small precise optimization adjustments
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
correction · optimization · refinement · targeting · zeroing · focusing · honing · tweaking
Alteration to improve fit
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
configuration · centering · registration · justification · straightening · squaring · leveling · mounting
Shared position between parties
- accordHarmony between parties
- unisonSimultaneous identical action
- consensusGeneral group agreement
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
coordination · coherence · congruence · compatibility · conformity · correspondence · consistency · unity
State of balance
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- equalizationMaking things uniform
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
centering · symmetry · compensation · steadiness · equipoise · homeostasis · neutralization · tare
fine-tuning
Small precise optimization adjustments
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
adjustment · correction · optimization · refinement · targeting · zeroing · focusing · honing · tweaking · measurement
adjustment
Alteration to improve fit
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- placementPutting somewhere specific
arrangement · configuration · centering · registration · justification · straightening · squaring · leveling · mounting · installation
agreement
Shared position between parties
synchronization · coordination · coherence · congruence · compatibility · conformity · correspondence · consistency · unity · convergence
equilibrium
State of balance
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- equalizationMaking things uniform
- distributionAllocation across recipients
stabilization · centering · symmetry · compensation · steadiness · equipoise · homeostasis · neutralization · tare · scales
- arrangingarranging, organizing, ordering, positioning, placing
- placingplacing, positioning, putting, inserting, setting
- precision actionsaiming, threading, stitching, suturing, calibrating
- adjustingtuning, readjusting, calibrating, tweaking, modifying
- Relatinglinking, connecting, pertaining, associating, correlating
- repositioningshifting, moving, repositioning, relocating, rearranging
aligningmisaligning
Positioning incorrectly relative to another
skewing · tilting · disorienting · crooking · offsetting
aligningopposing
Standing against something
conflicting · diverging · disagreeing · dissenting · clashing
aligningseparating
Dividing into parts
dividing · disjoining · scattering · dispersing · splitting
align, alignment, aligned, nonaligned, realign, aligns, unaligned, misalign