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alignment
[əlīn′mənt]
Etymology: Fr, aligner, to put in a straight line
1 the arrangement of a group of points or objects along a line.
2 the placement or maintenance of body structures in their proper anatomic positions, such as straightening of the teeth or repair of a fractured bone. Also spelled alinement.


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This heuristic algorithm use pairwise alignments to constructs a global alignment by aligning the two more similar sequences, and then adding the other sequences one by one.
Auto mechanics perform alignments by lining up the direction of the wheels so the vehicle is pointed in a straight line.
It can then quickly FIX those alignments errors without changing the setup.
 
 
 
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