coordination

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Etymology

From Middle French coordination, from Late Latin coōrdinātiōnem (accusative of coōrdinātiō), from con- +‎ ōrdinātiō. Morphologically coordinate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

Noun

coordination (usually uncountable, plural coordinations)

  1. The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
    • 1919, Robert W. Chambers, In Secret:
      Then there's the State Service and the police and several other services. And there is no proper co-ordination, no single head for all these agencies.
  2. The resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization.
    • 1900, Irving Bacheller, Eben Holden, A Tale of the North Country:
      We stood dodging each other a moment with that unfortunate co-ordination of purpose men sometimes encounter when passing each other.
  3. The ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.
    I’m terrible at sports; I have no coordination.
  4. The state of being equal in rank or power.
    Synonym: coordinateness
    • 1833 April 10, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “United States of America—Captain B. Hall—Northern and Southern States—Democracy with Slavery—Quakers”, in H N C, editor, Specimens of the Table Talk of the Late Samuel Taylor Coleridge. , volume II, London: John Murray, , published 1835, →OCLC, page 153:
      There are two possible modes of unity in a State; one by absolute co-ordination of each to all, and of all to each; the other by subordination of classes and offices.
  5. (grammar) An equal joining together of two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and, or, or but.
    • 2024, Geoffrey K. Pullum, The Truth About English Grammar, Polity Press, →ISBN, page 85:
      There’s a wealth of other complex facts about coordination that could be explored coordinations with but are limited to two coordinates ; yet coordinations with and or with or can have any number of coordinates, with the coordinator preceding just the last one or repeated before all except the first
  6. (chemistry) The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound.

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Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin coōrdinātiōnem.

Pronunciation

Noun

coordination f (plural coordinations)

  1. coordination

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: koordinasyon

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