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

  co-ordinate \co-ordinate\, coordinate
  \co*["o]r"di*nate\(-n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coordinated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Coordinating}.]
     1. To make coordinate; to put in the same order or rank; as,
        to coordinate ideas in classification.
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     2. To give a common action, movement, or condition to; to
        regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action;
        to adjust; to harmonize; as, to coordinate muscular
        movements.
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     3. to be co-ordinated; as, These activities co-ordinate well.
  
     Syn: coordinate.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coordinate \Co*["o]r"di*nate\, n.
     1. A thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or
        more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or
        importance.
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              It has neither coordinate nor analogon; it is
              absolutely one.                       --Coleridge.
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     2. pl. (Math.) Lines, or other elements of reference, by
        means of which the position of any point, as of a curve,
        is defined with respect to certain fixed lines, or planes,
        called coordinate axes and coordinate planes. See
        {Abscissa}.
  
     Note: Coordinates are of several kinds, consisting in some of
           the different cases, of the following elements, namely:
        (a) (Geom. of Two Dimensions) The abscissa and ordinate of
            any point, taken together; as the abscissa PY and
            ordinate PX of the point P (Fig. 2, referred to the
            coordinate axes AY and AX.
        (b) Any radius vector PA (Fig. 1), together with its angle
            of inclination to a fixed line, APX, by which any
            point A in the same plane is referred to that fixed
            line, and a fixed point in it, called the pole, P.
        (c) (Geom. of Three Dimensions) Any three lines, or
            distances, PB, PC, PD (Fig. 3), taken parallel to
            three coordinate axes, AX, AY, AZ, and measured from
            the corresponding coordinate fixed planes, YAZ, XAZ,
            XAY, to any point in space, P, whose position is
            thereby determined with respect to these planes and
            axes.
        (d) A radius vector, the angle which it makes with a fixed
            plane, and the angle which its projection on the plane
            makes with a fixed line line in the plane, by which
            means any point in space at the free extremity of the
            radius vector is referred to that fixed plane and
            fixed line, and a fixed point in that line, the pole
            of the radius vector.
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     {Cartesian coordinates}. See under {Cartesian}.
  
     {Geographical coordinates}, the latitude and longitude of a
        place, by which its relative situation on the globe is
        known. The height of the above the sea level constitutes a
        third coordinate.
  
     {Polar coordinates}, coordinates made up of a radius vector
        and its angle of inclination to another line, or a line
        and plane; as those defined in
        (b) and
        (d) above.
  
     {Rectangular coordinates}, coordinates the axes of which
        intersect at right angles.
  
     {Rectilinear coordinates}, coordinates made up of right
        lines. Those defined in
        (a) and
        (c) above are called also {Cartesian coordinates}.
  
     {Trigonometrical coordinates} or {Spherical coordinates},
        elements of reference, by means of which the position of a
        point on the surface of a sphere may be determined with
        respect to two great circles of the sphere.
  
     {Trilinear coordinates}, coordinates of a point in a plane,
        consisting of the three ratios which the three distances
        of the point from three fixed lines have one to another.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coordinate \Co*["o]r"di*nate\, a. [Pref. co- + L. ordinatus, p.
     p. of ordinare to regulate. See {Ordain}.]
     Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.
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           Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or
           many coordinate powers presiding over each country.
                                                    --Law.
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           Conjunctions joint sentences and coordinate terms.
                                                    --Rev. R.
                                                    Morris.
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     {Coordinate adjectives}, adjectives disconnected as regards
        one another, but referring equally to the same subject.
  
     {Coordinate conjunctions}, conjunctions joining independent
        propositions. --Rev. R. Morris.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  co-ordinate
       See {coordinate}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  co-ordinate
       n : a number that identifies a position relative to an axis
           [syn: {coordinate}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coordinate
       adj : of equal importance, rank, or degree
       n : a number that identifies a position relative to an axis
           [syn: {co-ordinate}]
       v 1: bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize
            my files?" [syn: {organize}, {organise}]
       2: bring into common action, movement, or condition;
          "coordinate the painters, masons, and plumbers";
          "coordinate his actions with that of his colleagues";
          "coordinate our efforts"
       3: be co-ordinated; "These activities co-ordinate well"
       4: bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable
          coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car";
          "ordinate similar parts" [syn: {align}, {ordinate}]
       [also: {co-ordinating}, {co-ordinates}, {co-ordinated},
       {co-ordinate}]

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

  169 Moby Thesaurus words for "coordinate":
     accommodate, accompanying, accord, accordant, adapt, adjust,
     adjust to, agreeing, all one, all the same, ally, alter ego,
     analogon, analogue, assimilate, associate, associated, at one with,
     attune, balance, balanced, brother, cancel, chart, close copy,
     close match, coacting, coactive, coadunate, codify, coequal,
     cognate, coincident, collaborative, collective, collusive,
     combined, combining, companion, compensate, complement, concerted,
     concomitant, concordant, concurrent, concurring, conform,
     congenator, congener, conjoint, consilient, conspiratorial,
     convertible, cooperant, cooperative, correlate, correlative,
     correspondent, corresponding, counterbalance, counterpart,
     counterpoise, countervail, coworking, cut to, double, duplicate,
     equal, equalize, equate, equilateral, equiparant, equipollent,
     equivalent, eurythmic, even, even up, fellow, finished, fit, fix,
     gear to, harmonious, harmonize, homologate, homologize, identical,
     image, integrate, joint, key to, kindred spirit, level, like,
     likeness, make plumb, make uniform, match, mate, measure, meeting,
     methodize, much the same, near duplicate, normalize, obverse,
     organize, parallel, parasitic, pendant, picture, plan, poise,
     proportion, proportionate, proportioned, put in tune, rationalize,
     reciprocal, reconcile, rectify, regular, regularize, regulate,
     right, routinize, saprophytic, second self, set, set right, settle,
     similarize, similitude, simulacrum, sister, soul mate, square,
     standardize, strike a balance, such, suchlike, symbiotic,
     symmetric, symmetrize, sync, synchronize, synchronous, synergetic,
     synergic, synergistic, systematize, tailor, tally, tantamount,
     the like of, the likes of, trim to, true, true up, tune, tune up,
     twin, uniform, united, uniting, vis-a-vis, well-balanced, well-set,
     well-set-up
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  coordinate
       
           One member of a {tuple} of numbers which defines
          the position of a point in some space.  Commonly used
          coordinate systems have as many coordinates as their are
          dimensions in the space, e.g. a pair for two dimensions.  The
          most common coordinate system is {Cartesian coordinates},
          probably followed by {polar coordinates}.
       
          (1997-07-09)
       
       

















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