different between alignment vs spacing

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

Verb

spacing

1. present participle of space

Noun

spacing (countable and uncountable, plural spacings)

1. The action of the verb space.
2. A way in which objects or people are separated by spaces.

   The spacing of the desks in the exam hall was intended to prevent candidates from copying each other's work.

3. The space between two objects or people.

   Put some more spacing between those two words to make them more readable.

4. (science fiction) The activity of working or living in outer space; the occupation of a spacer.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• letterspacing

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

spacing (not comparable)

1. That inserts space between two objects.

Derived terms

Related terms

• long-spacing sonic log

Anagrams

• pacings, scaping