aline

See also: Aline, aliñe, aliñé, and A-line

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈlaɪn/, /æˈlaɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn

Etymology 1

From a- +‎ line, possibly from Middle English alinen (“copulate”), Middle French aligner.

Verb

aline (third-person singular simple present alines, present participle alining, simple past and past participle alined)

1. (US, rare, dated) Alternative form of align
   • 1963, US National Bureau of Standards, (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], digitized edition (Science), US Govt. Printing Office, published 2005, page 69:

     Nuclear Orientation. Studies made of the photoneutron cross section in the region of the giant resonance, using an alined holmium _target, directly confirmed the theory that this cross section is associated with the two axes of the deformed nucleus.

   • 1975, Royal Society, Mathematical and Physical Sciences‎^[2] (Mathematics), Royal Society of London, page 167:

     Field-alined electron intensities were not found in the low-altitude signature of the plasma sheet.

   • 1977, Joint Publications Research Service, Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa‎^[3], page 34:

     The first item to be studied is the present status of the technical development of radio and television in the non-alined countries.

Related terms

• realine

Etymology 2

From Middle English aline (“in line”).

Adverb

aline (not comparable)

1. In line.
   • 1591, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI - Part II:

     Nay looke you, I know twas true, For his father built a chimney in my fathers house, And the brickes are aline at this day to testifie.

   • 1906, The Brickbuilder - Volume 15, page 169:

     The small stable with its accommodations for a horse and cow and two carriages is placed aline with the house.

   • 1938, The China Journal - Volume 28, page 264:

     The two main masts are aline amidships, while the two mizzen masts are astern and placed in line with the rudder post.

   • 2007, Anita Banerjee & B.K.Chakravarti, House-Keeping Management In Hotels , page 18:

     dressing all aline.

Derived terms

• alinement

Anagrams

• linea, laine, Alien, elain, anile, alien, liane, Eilan, Elian, Elina, Elain, Nelia

Middle English

Etymology

a- +‎ line.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈliːn(ə)/

Adverb

aline

1. In (a straight) line.
   • c. 1400, Chaucer

     Drawe a strike euene a lyne fro the pyn vnto the myddel pricke.

     Draw a strike even aline from the pin unto the middle prick.

References

• “alīne, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈline]

Verb

aline

1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of alina