coordination
Pronunciation: /kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/
The English word “coordination” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
- The resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization.
- The ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.
- The state of being equal in rank or power.
- An equal joining together of two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and, or, or but.
- The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound.
Etymology
From Middle French coordination, from Late Latin coōrdinātiōnem (accusative of coōrdinātiō), from con- + ōrdinātiō. Morphologically coordinate + -ion.
Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “coordination” there
More English words
- coordinatewise
- coordinating
- coordinating conjunction
- coordinatingly
- coordination chemistry
- coordination compound
- coordination number
- coordinative
About this dictionary
The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.
Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.