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Coordination n.

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."

The state of being coordinate, or of equal rank, dignity, power, etc. "In this high court of parliament, there is a rare coordination of power."

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Etymology of 'Coordination'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Coordination" Quotes from Famous Books

... front of and above the medulla, is the seat of the centers for the coordination of muscular activities and for maintaining the equilibrium of ...

— Nature Cure • Henry Lindlahr

... On the other hand, coordination is the process which results in one's reduction of irregular beats to an approximately regular series. When we hear a haphazard succession of drum-taps or the irregular click-click of the typewriter, most of us soon begin to feel a certain orderly arrangement, ...

— The Principles of English Versification • Paull Franklin Baum

... doubt that this strongly marked taste for curious details was one of the symptoms of the scientific bent of his mind. For Browne was scientific just up to the point where the examination of detail ends, and its coordination begins. He knew little or nothing of general laws; but his interest in isolated phenomena was intense. And the more singular the phenomena, the more he was attracted. He was always ready to begin some strange inquiry. He cannot help wondering: ...

— Books and Characters - French and English • Lytton Strachey

... 1780 General Alexander Leslie descended upon Hampton Roads with a substantial British force, fully intending to take Virginia out of the war in coordination with Cornwallis' march through the Carolinas. King's Mountain ended that plan. Needing reenforcements, Cornwallis called Leslie southward. Again the ...

— The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 • Virginia State Dept. of Education

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