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coordinate terms

coordinate terms is the plural of coordinate term.

Meaning of coordinate term

Noun

coordinate term (plural coordinate terms)

  1. A term (word or noun phrase) that shares a hypernym (or hypernymic noun phrase) with another: that is, one that names another type (kind) within the same class.
    • The words oak, maple, spruce, and linden are coordinate terms beneath the hypernym of tree.

Questions about coordinate terms

What is coordinate terms the plural of?
Coordinate terms is the plural of coordinate term.

Words near coordinate terms in the dictionary

  1. coordinate plane
  2. coordinate planes
  3. coordinate system
  4. coordinate systems
  5. coordinate term
  6. coordinate terms
  7. coordinate time
  8. coordinated
  9. coordinated complex
  10. coordinated complexes
  11. Coordinated Lunar Time

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coordinate terms (page history and authors); coordinate term (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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