coordination

Noun

coordination (usually uncountable, plural coordinations)

1. (usually) The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
   • Then there's the State Service and the police and several other services. And there is no proper co-ordination, no single head for all these agencies.1919, Robert W. Chambers, In Secret
2. (usually) The resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization.
   • We stood dodging each other a moment with that unfortunate co-ordination of purpose men sometimes encounter when passing each other.1900, Irving Bacheller, Eben Holden, A Tale of the North Country
3. (usually) The ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.
   • I’m terrible at sports; I have no coordination.
4. (usually) The state of being equal in rank or power.
   • There are two possible modes of unity in a State; one by absolute co-ordination of each to all, and of all to each; the other by subordination of classes and offices.1833 April 10, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “United States of America—Captain B. Hall—Northern and Southern States—Democracy with Slavery—Quakers”, in H[enry] N[elson] C[oleridge], editor, Specimens of...

   Synonyms:

   coordinateness

5. (usually) An equal joining together of two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and, or, or but.
   • There’s a wealth of other complex facts about coordination that could be explored […] coordinations with but are limited to two coordinates […]; yet coordinations with and or with or can have any number of coordinates, with the coordinator preceding just the last one […] or repeated before all...2024, Geoffrey K. Pullum, The Truth About English Grammar, Polity Press, →ISBN, page 85
6. (usually) The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound.