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/koʊˌɔrdənˈeɪʃən/ Listen

Coordination

noun

The skillful and effective interaction of movements.

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

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

Being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree.

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"Coordination" Quotes from Famous Books

... times when the reader might be led to expect some change of direction from some phrase in the preceding sentence, then it would be wise to set him right by the use of and. Moreover, there are times when coordinate thoughts are so important, and the expression of the coordination is so important, that a sentence beginning with and is the only adequate means of expressing it. However, be very sure that there is need for every and that you use. The same caution may be given about but. But indicates an abrupt turn in the thought. Is such a contrast in the thought? ...

— English: Composition and Literature • W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

... haphazard plan, which is really no plan at all, is, of course, wholly indefensible. No teacher has a right to go before his class with his material in so nebulous a state that it lacks coordination and purpose. It is this that results in chance and unrelated questions, irrelevant discussions, and fruitless wanderings without definite purpose over the field of the lesson, such as may sometimes ...

— How to Teach Religion - Principles and Methods • George Herbert Betts

Words linked to "Coordination" : sorting, incoordination, synchronisation, synchronizing, skillfulness, proration, synchronization, classification, grammatical relation, timing, categorization, coordinate, categorisation