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+(**************************************************************************)
+(* ___ *)
+(* ||M|| *)
+(* ||A|| A project by Andrea Asperti *)
+(* ||T|| *)
+(* ||I|| Developers: *)
+(* ||T|| The HELM team. *)
+(* ||A|| http://helm.cs.unibo.it *)
+(* \ / *)
+(* \ / This file is distributed under the terms of the *)
+(* v GNU General Public License Version 2 *)
+(* *)
+(**************************************************************************)
+
+include "ground_2/lib/functions.ma".
+include "ground_2/lib/exteq.ma".
+include "apps_2/models/model.ma".
+
+(* MODEL ********************************************************************)
+
+definition valign (M) (l): evaluation M → evaluation M ≝
+ λlv,i. ⫯[l](lv i).
+
+interpretation "alignment (model evaluation)"
+ 'UpSpoon M l lv = (valign M l lv).
+
+(* Basic properties *********************************************************)
+
+lemma valign_rw (M) (l) (lv): ∀i. (⫯{M}[l]lv) i = ⫯[l](lv i).
+// qed.