Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coordinate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or
many co["o]rdinate powers presiding over each country.
--Law.
Conjunctions joint sentences and co["o]rdinate terms.
--Rev. R.
Morris.
{Co["o]rdinate adjectives}, adjectives disconnected as
regards ane another, but referring equally to the same
subject.
{Co["o]rdinate conjunctions}, conjunctions joining
independent propositions. --Rev. R. Morris.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coordinate \Co*["o]r"di*nate\ (-n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Co["o]rdinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Co["o]rdinating}.]
1. To make co["o]rdinate; to put in the same order or rank;
as, to co["o]rdinate ideas in classification.
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 co["o]rdinate muscular
movements.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
It has neither co["o]rdinate nor analogon; it is
absolutely one. --Coleridge.
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 co["o]rdinate axes and co["o]rdinate planes. See
{Abscissa}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
co-ordinate
n : a number that identifies a position relative to an axis
[syn: {coordinate}]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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"
[syn: {align}]
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