different between alignment vs homeotropic

English

Etymology

French alignement

Morphologically align +? -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???a?nm?nt]

Noun

alignment (countable and uncountable, plural alignments)

1. An arrangement of items in a line.
2. The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
3. An alliance of factions.
4. (astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.
5. (transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
6. (role-playing games) In a roleplaying game, one of a set number of philosophical attitudes a character can take.
7. (bioinformatics) A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.

Derived terms

• stone alignment

Translations

Anagrams

• gintleman, lamenting, manteling

English

Adjective

homeotropic (comparative more homeotropic, superlative most homeotropic)

1. Describing the alignment of liquid crystals whose director is aligned perpendicularly to a substrate surface