coordination
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See also: coördination and co-ordination
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French coordination, from Late Latin coōrdinātiōnem (accusative of coōrdinātiō), from con- + ōrdinātiō. Morphologically coordinate + -ion.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US, Canada) IPA(key): /koʊˌɔɹdɪˈneɪʃən/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /kəʉˌoːdɪˈnæɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: co‧or‧di‧na‧tion
Noun
[edit]coordination (usually uncountable, plural coordinations)
- 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.
- 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.
- The ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.
- I’m terrible at sports; I have no coordination.
- (possibly archaic) 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[enry] N[elson] C[oleridge], 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.
- (grammar) An equal joining together of two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and, or, or but.
- (chemistry) The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound.
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Translations
[edit]the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect
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the resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization
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the ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully
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the state of being equal in rank or power
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an equal joining together of two or more phrases or clauses
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The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin coōrdinātiōnem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]coordination f (plural coordinations)
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[edit]- → Turkish: koordinasyon
Further reading
[edit]- “coordination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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