Coordination

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coordination \Co*["o]r`di*na"tion\, n.
     1. The act of coordinating; the act of putting in the same
        order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coordination of
        the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority
        in forming a government; the act of regulating and
        combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious


        adjustment; as, a coordination of functions. "Coordination
        of muscular movement by the cerebellum." --Carpenter.
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     2. The state of being coordinate, or of equal rank, dignity,
        power, etc.
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              In this high court of parliament, there is a rare
              coordination of power.                --Howell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coordination
       n 1: the skillful and effective interaction of movements [ant: {incoordination}]
       2: the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and
          harmonious operation
       3: the grammatical relation of two constituents having the same
          grammatical form

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  110 Moby Thesaurus words for "coordination":
     ability, accommodation, accounting, adaptation, address, adeptness,
     adjustment, adroitness, airmanship, analysis, artfulness,
     artisanship, artistry, assimilation, attunement,
     automatic electronic navigation, balancing, braking, bravura,
     brilliance, capability, capacity, charting, cleverness, coaptation,
     codification, command, competence, computation, control, craft,
     craftsmanship, cunning, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness,
     dextrousness, diplomacy, efficiency, equalization, equalizing,
     equating, equation, equilibration, evening, evening up, expertise,
     facility, fact distribution, finesse, forecasts, grace, grip,
     handiness, harmonization, horsemanship, ingeniousness, ingenuity,
     inspection, integration, know-how, manipulation, marksmanship,
     mastership, mastery, methodization, nonlinear calibrations,
     normalization, ordination, organization, output measurement,
     planning, practical ability, processing, proficiency, prowess,
     quickness, rationalization, readiness, reconcilement,
     reconciliation, record keeping, regularization, regulation,
     resource, resourcefulness, routinization, savoir-faire, savvy,
     seamanship, skill, skillfulness, squaring, steering, style,
     supersonic flow detection, symmetrization, synchronization,
     systematization, tact, tactfulness, technical brilliance,
     technical mastery, technical skill, technique, timing, virtuosity,
     wit, wizardry, workmanship