Alignment and Equalization

noun

• An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty.
  • synonyms: alliance, coalition, alinement
• The spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines.
• Astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac.
  • synonyms: conjunction
• The act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other. .

• (n.) The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; especially, an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.
• (n.) The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.

noun

• The act of making equal or uniform.
  • synonyms: equalisation, leveling

In some jurisdictions, when it is necessary to correct inequalities in state wide tax assessments, an' equalization' factor is used to achieve uniformity. An equalization factor may be applied to raise or lower assessments in a particular district or county. The assessed value of each property in the area is multiplied by the equalization factor, and the tax rate is then applied to the equalized assessment.