Alignment vs Coordination - What's the difference?
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An arrangement of items in a line.
The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
An alliance of factions.
(astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.
(transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
(gaming) In a roleplaying game, one of a set number of philosophical attitudes a character can take.
(bioinformatic) A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.
the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
* 1919: Robert W. Chambers, In Secret
the resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization
* 1900: Irving Bacheller, Eben Holden, A Tale of the North Country
the ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.
(possibly archaic) the state of being equal in rank or power.
* c. 1833: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(grammar) an equal joining together two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and'', ''or'', or ''but .
(chemistry) The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound
As nouns the difference between alignment and coordination
is that alignment is an arrangement of items in a line while coordination is the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.alignment
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(en noun)Derived terms
* stone alignmentAnagrams
* lamentingcoordination
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(wikipedia coordination)Alternative forms
* co-ordination,Noun
(en-noun)- Then there's the State Service and the police and several other services. And there is no proper co-ordination , no single head for all these agencies.
- We stood dodging each other a moment with that unfortunate co-ordination of purpose men sometimes encounter when passing each other.
- I'm terrible at sports -- I have no coordination .
- There are two possible modes of unity in a State; one by absolute coordination of each to all, and of all to each; the other by subordination of classes and offices.
