ALIGNED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aligned mean? 

• ALIGNED (adjective)
  The adjective ALIGNED has 2 senses:

1. brought into agreement or cooperation on the side of a faction, party, or cause

2. in a straight line

  Familiarity information: ALIGNED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALIGNED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brought into agreement or cooperation on the side of a faction, party, or cause

Similar:

allied (joined by treaty or agreement)

Antonym:

nonaligned (not affiliated with any faction, party, or cause)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a straight line

Context example:

pearly teeth evenly aligned

Similar:

straight (having no deviations)

 Context examples 

The arrangement of text so that it is aligned with either the left or right margin, or both.

(Justification, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of fetal presentation where the fetal spine is aligned along the longitudinal axis of the uterus and descends into the birth canal during delivery.

(Longitudinal Fetal Presentation, NCI Thesaurus)

Pre-diagnosis diets that most closely aligned with ACS dietary recommendations were associated with a 22% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those on the other end of the spectrum.

(Healthy Diets Have Better Impact on Colorectal Cancer, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

"We did not expect to find the magnetic field to be aligned with the wind over such a large area."

(Galactic Wind Provides Clues to Evolution of Galaxies, NASA)

If aligned well enough with Earth, these beams act like a lighthouse beacon — appearing to flash on and off as the pulsar rotates.

(NuSTAR Helps Find Universe's Brightest Pulsars, NASA)

On December 19, Mars and Saturn will be aligned, and you will be able to make a lasting pact with a client or boss about a future venture.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A fetal position during delivery in which the spine of the fetus is not aligned with the mother's resulting in the descent into the birth canal in an oblique position.

(Oblique Fetal Presentation, NCI Thesaurus)

Class 1 stars, on the other hand, tended to be closer together at around 200 AU and weren't aligned with their 'egg's' axis.

(Our Sun Could Have Been Born With an Evil Twin Called "Nemesis", The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Its unique magnetic field is nearly perfectly aligned with its rotational axis.

(Scientists Finally Know What Time It Is on Saturn, NASA)

The eight quasars and galaxies were aligned so precisely that the warping effect, called gravitational lensing, produced four distorted images of each quasar.

(Cosmic Magnifying Glasses Find Dark Matter in Small Clumps, NASA)