waterfowl alignmentとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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waterfowl alignment (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic, humorous) Proper organization.

   The more people you have trying to apply the guidelines fairly and consistently, the bigger the waterfowl alignment challenge.

   • 1988, Mark Andre Peter Loranc, “Acknowledgements”, in A Study of the Ionospheric Signature of Ion Supply from the Ionosphere to the Magnetosphere (PhD dissertation), University of Texas at Dallas, page iv:

     I have learned far more from them about how to be a scientist than they realize. Above all else, they taught me the virtues of proper waterfowl alignment.

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