coordination

See also: coördination and co-ordination

English

Alternative forms

• co-ordination, coördination

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /koʊˌɔɹdɪˈneɪʃən/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /kəʉˌoːdɪˈnæɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: co‧or‧di‧na‧tion

Noun

coordination (usually uncountable, plural coordinations)

2. 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.

4. 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.

6. The ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.

   I'm terrible at sports; I have no coordination.

8. (possibly archaic) the state of being equal in rank or power.

   Synonym: coordinateness

   • c. 1833, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

     There are two possible modes of unity in a State; one by absolute coordination of each to all, and of all to each; the other by subordination of classes and offices.

10. (grammar) An equal joining together of two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and, or, or but.
12. (chemistry) The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound.

Antonyms

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• incoordination
• subordination

Derived terms

• colour coordination, color coordination
• coordination chemistry
• coordination complex
• coordination compound
• coordination number
• eye-hand coordination
• hand-eye coordination
• pseudo-coordination

 

Related terms

• coordinated, uncoordinated

• ordain
• order
• ordinal
• ordinance, ordnance
• ordinary
• ordinate
• ordination
• ordo

 

With prefixes

• coordinate, coordination
• foreordination
• insubordination
• postordination
• preordination
• reordination
• subordinate, subordination
• subordination
• superordination

 

Translations

the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect

• Belarusian: узгадне́нне n (uzhadnjénnje), пагаджэ́нне n (pahadžénnje), каардына́цыя f (kaardynácyja), сула́ддзе n (suláddzje)
• Bulgarian: координа́ция (bg) f (koordinácija)
• Catalan: coordinació (ca) f
• Czech: koordinace (cs) f
• Danish: koordination
• Finnish: yhteensovittaminen, koordinointi (fi)
• French: coordination (fr) f
• German: Koordination (de) f, Koordinierung (de) f
• Hebrew: תיאום (he) m (ti'um)
• Italian: coordinazione (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: koordinasjon m, samordning m or f

  Nynorsk: koordinasjon m, samordning f

• Occitan: coordinacion (oc) f
• Polish: koordynacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: coordenação (pt) f
• Romanian: coordonare (ro) f
• Russian: согласова́ние (ru) n (soglasovánije), координа́ция (ru) f (koordinácija)
• Scottish Gaelic: co-òrdachadh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: koordiniranje n

• Spanish: coordinación (es) f
• Swedish: koordinering c, samordning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: пого́дження n (pohódžennja), узго́дження n (uzhódžennja), координа́ція f (koordynácija)

the resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization

• Bulgarian: съгласу́ване (bg) n (sǎglasúvane)
• Catalan: coordinació (ca) f
• Kazakh: үйлестіру (üilestıru)
• Romanian: coordonare (ro) f
• Russian: согласова́ние (ru) n (soglasovánije), координа́ция (ru) f (koordinácija)
• Scottish Gaelic: co-òrdachadh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: koordiniranost (sh) f

• Spanish: coordinación (es)

the ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully

• Catalan: coordinació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 協調動作的能力／协调动作的能力

• Finnish: koordinaatio
• Polish: koordynacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: coordenação (pt) f
• Romanian: coordonare (ro) f
• Russian: координа́ция (ru) f (koordinácija)
• Spanish: coordinación (es)
• Swedish: koordination (sv) c

the state of being equal in rank or power

• Bulgarian: равносто́йност (bg) f (ravnostójnost)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: ravnopravnost (sh) f

an equal joining together of two or more phrases or clauses

• Portuguese: coordenação (pt) f
• Romanian: coordonare (ro) f
• Spanish: coordinación (es)
• Swedish: samordning (sv) c

The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound

• Catalan: coordinació (ca) f
• French: coordination (fr) f
• Italian: coordinazione (it)
• Portuguese: coordenação (pt)
• Spanish: coordinación (es)

French

Etymology

From Latin coōrdinātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

coordination f (plural coordinations)

1. coordination

Derived terms

• conjonction de coordination

 

Related terms

• coordonner

Descendants

• → Turkish: koordinasyon

Further reading

• “coordination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.