alignment

(noun) an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty. Synonyms: alliance, coalition, alinement.

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

(noun) (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac. Synonyms: conjunction.

(noun) the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other.