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Grammar : Noun
Spell : koh-awr-dn-ey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : koʊˌɔr dnˈeɪ ʃən



Definition of coordination

Origin :
  • also co-ordination, c.1600, "orderly combination," from French coordination (14c.) or directly from Late Latin coordinationem (nominative coordinatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin coordinare "to set in order, arrange," from com- "together" (see com-) + ordinatio "arrangement," from ordo "order" (see order (n.)). Meaning "action of setting in order" is from 1640s; that of "harmonious adjustment or action," especially of muscles and bodily movements, is from 1855.
  • As in logistics : noun management
  • As in organization : noun arrangement, arranging
  • As in orientation : noun introduction, adjustment
  • As in regulation : noun managing, organizing
  • As in running : noun management of organization
  • As in system : noun order, whole
  • As in physical fitness : noun bodily conditioning
  • As in classification : noun categorization
  • As in equality : noun similarity, balance; egalitarianism
Example sentences :
  • And we'll add everything I know of coordination, synthesis, and perception.
  • Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Muscles refused to move other than in coordination with the music.
  • Extract from : « The Beast of Space » by F.E. Hardart
  • The actual process of coordination is the supreme and eternal difficulty.
  • Extract from : « The Complex Vision » by John Cowper Powys
  • The scope of coordination (to use our prior terminology) is extremely limited.
  • Extract from : « Democracy and Education » by John Dewey
  • But some activities are broad; they involve a coordination of many factors.
  • Extract from : « Democracy and Education » by John Dewey
  • There is an unfortunate lack of coordination of religious agencies in Negro colleges.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 » by Various
  • Presents the results of exhaustive research and the coordination of facts by an historian of broad intellect and vision.
  • Extract from : « Pioneers of the Old Southwest » by Constance Lindsay Skinner
  • During the indoctrination period you will do a very simple routine job in coordination with the cybernetics machines.
  • Extract from : « The Victor » by Bryce Walton
  • It used the new methods of determining reaction times, and testing the coordination of mind and body.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society » by Upton Sinclair
  • When down, the body and limbs are moved convulsively, but there is no power of coordination of movement in the muscles.
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture

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