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coordination

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co·or·di·na·tion  (k-ôrdn-shn)
n.
1.
a. The act of coordinating.
b. The state of being coordinate; harmonious adjustment or interaction.
2. Physiology Harmonious functioning of muscles or groups of muscles in the execution of movements.
3. Grammar The linking of two syntactically equal units, as by a coordinate conjunction.

[French, from Medieval Latin cordinti, cordintin- : co-, co- + Latin rdinti, arrangement (from rdintus, past participle of rdinre, to arrange in order, from rd, rdin-, order; see ar- in Indo-European roots).]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.coordinationcoordination - the skillful and effective interaction of movements
skillfulness - the state of being cognitively skillful
incoordination - a lack of coordination of movements
2.coordination - the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation
timing - the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)
synchronisation, synchronization, synchronizing - coordinating by causing to indicate the same time; "the synchronization of their watches was an important preliminary"
proration - the proportional limitation of production or distribution of something (e.g. crude oil or natural gas) to some fractional part of the total capacity of each producer
3.coordination - the grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form
grammatical relation - a linguistic relation established by grammar
4.coordination - being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree
categorisation, categorization, sorting, classification - the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
Translations
coordination [kəuɔːdɪˈneɪʃən] ncoordinación f
coordination [kəuɔːdɪˈneɪʃən] ncoordination f
coordination [kəuɔːdɪˈneɪʃən] coordinate nKoordinierung f, Koordination f
coordination [kəuɔːdɪˈneɪʃən] ncoordinazione f


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Her carriage was that of health and physical perfection--the effortless harmony of faultless coordination.
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