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Definition of Coordination

1. Noun. The skillful and effective interaction of movements.

2. Noun. The regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation.

3. Noun. The grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form.

4. Noun. Being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree.

Definition of Coordination

1. Noun. the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect. ¹

2. Noun. the resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization ¹

3. Noun. the ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully. ¹

4. Noun. (context: possibly archaic) the state of being equal in rank or power. ¹

5. Noun. (grammar) an equal joining together two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using ''and'', ''or'', or ''but''. ¹

6. Noun. (chemistry) The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound ¹

7. Noun. (rare) (alternative spelling of coordination) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coordination

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Coordination

1. The harmonious functioning of interrelated organs and parts, applied especially to the process of the motor apparatus of the brain which provides for the co-working of particular groups of muscles for the performance of definite adaptive useful responses. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coordination

coordinate systems coordinate term coordinate terms coordinated coordinated enzyme synthesis coordinated reflex coordinated universal time coordinately coordinateness coordinates

coordinating coordinating(a) coordinating-conjunction coordinating conjunction coordinatingly coordination coordination chemistry coordination compound coordination number coordination numbers

coordinational coordinations coordinative coordinatively coordinatization coordinatizations coordinatize coordinatized coordinatizes coordinatizing

Literary usage of Coordination

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adult Literacy And New Technologies: Tools For A Lifetime by Office of Technology Assessment (1994)
"State plan describes how delivery system will be expanded through R coordination and how volunteers will be used. State considers degree of coordination in ..."

2. Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: Final Report edited by Joyce C Laslof, Marguerite Knox, John D Baldeschwieler (1997)
"Finding Regarding Coordination Based on its analysis of the government's efforts to coordinate the response to Gulf War veterans' illnesses, the Committee ..."

3. U. S. Spectrum Management Policy: Agenda for the Future (1994)
"Contel, because of the effectiveness of private frequency coordination, also encourages increased responsibility to such groups to "manage the coordination ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1914)
"This composite quality of movement is called coordination, and movements which lack this quality are called ataxic. A coordinate movement is the result upon ..."

5. A Review of the EPA Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan by National Research Council, National Research Council (U.S.), Panel on Water System Security Research (2004)
"Although the Action Plan recognizes the importance of coordination among relevant ... More attention needs to be paid to coordination and communication with ..."

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