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aline

/æˈlaɪn/

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verb

To form a line; to fall into line.

Examples :

"The students were asked to aline along the wall before entering the classroom. "

position direction organization

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verb

To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.

Examples :

"The librarian asked the students to aline the books neatly on the shelf before leaving. "

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verb

To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size.

Examples :

"The programmer had to aline the image data in memory to ensure the graphics card could process it efficiently. "

computing technology electronics

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verb

To identify with or match the behaviour, thoughts, etc of another person.

Examples :

"Example Sentence: "To make friends at the new school, Sarah tried to aline herself with the interests and activities of the other students." "

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verb

To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA or protein sequences which have regions of similarity.

Examples :

"The scientist alined the different gene sequences to identify the shared regions of DNA. "

biology biochemistry science structure

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adverb

Examples :

"The soldiers marched aline, their steps perfectly synchronized. "

position direction