| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | co·or·di·na·tion |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k -ôr dn-  sh n |
| NOUN: | 1a. The act of coordinating. b. The state of being coordinate; harmonious adjustment or interaction. 2. Physiology Harmonious functioning of muscles or groups of muscles in the execution of movements. 3. Grammar The linking of two syntactically equal units, as by a coordinate conjunction. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Medieval Latin cordinti, cordintin- : co-, co- + Latin rdinti, arrangement (from rdintus, past participle of rdinre, to arrange in order, from rd, rdin-, order; see ar- in Appendix I).
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