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
- (Canada) IPA(key): /koʊˌɔɹdɪˈneɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: co‧or‧di‧na‧tion
Noun
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.
- 1919, Robert W. Chambers, In Secret
- 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.
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- 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.
- 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.
- c. 1833, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- (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.
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
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
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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
Etymology
From Latin coōrdinātiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.ɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
coordination f (plural coordinations)
- 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.