In North America, this level is generally referred to as graduate school (or sometimes colloquially as grad school). The organization and structure of postgraduate education varies in different countries, as well as in different institutions within countries. This article outlines the basic types of courses and of teaching and examination methods, with some explanation of their history.
alignment - the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines. placement, arrangement - the spatial property of the way in which something is placed; the arrangement of the furniture; the placement of the chairs.
â¢ ALIGNMENT (noun) The noun ALIGNMENT has 4 senses: 1. an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty. 2. the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines. 3. (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac. 4. the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other. Familiarity information: ALIGNMENT used as a noun is uncommon.