Meaning & use
Alinement
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An older spelling of 'alignment': the arrangement of things in a straight line or in correct relative positions.
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The surveyor's report used the older spelling 'alinement' to describe the road's layout.
Engineers of the early twentieth century wrote of the track's alinement rather than its alignment.
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Alinement was once the standard American spelling and still appears in older technical and legal documents, though 'alignment' is now overwhelmingly preferred.
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