alignment vs working over

alignment

noun
  • An alliance of factions. 

  • The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points. 

  • The conjunction of two celestial objects. 

  • An arrangement of items in a line. 

  • The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted. 

  • One of a set number of moral positions or philosophies a character can take. 

  • The goals and values of an artificial intelligence, considered relative to human ethical standards. 

  • A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity. 

working over

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