allineation, alin-|əlɪniːˈeɪʃən|[n. of action f.prec.; cf.delineation.]1.= alignment 1.1860Builder XVIII. 333/2 Even the cross streets..will claim some attention, not only to their width, but their allineation.1881Daily Tel. 31 Jan., The magnificent alineation of the New Law Courts.2.= alignment 3.1837Whewell Induct. Sc. i. iv. §1 (L.) The positions are described by means of alineations.1863J. Draper Devel. Europe vi. (1865) 150 Hipparchus also undertook to make a register of the stars by the method of alineations.1866Proctor Handbk. StarsPref. 6 The great advantage..that the allineations of the stars are preserved.3. The position of two or more bodies in a straight line with a given point, as of two planets in a line with the sun.1882Young Sun v. 150 In some cases, sun-spot minima have coincided with the allineation of the two planets.