coordination
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
coordination
n 1: the skillful and effective interaction of movements [ant:
{incoordination}]
2: the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and
harmonious operation
3: the grammatical relation of two constituents having the same
grammatical form
4: being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Coordination \Co*["o]r`di*na"tion\, n.
1. 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." --Carpenter.
[1913 Webster]
2. The state of being coordinate, or of equal rank, dignity,
power, etc.
[1913 Webster]
In this high court of parliament, there is a rare
coordination of power. --Howell.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
110 Moby Thesaurus words for "coordination":
ability, accommodation, accounting, adaptation, address, adeptness,
adjustment, adroitness, airmanship, analysis, artfulness,
artisanship, artistry, assimilation, attunement,
automatic electronic navigation, balancing, braking, bravura,
brilliance, capability, capacity, charting, cleverness, coaptation,
codification, command, competence, computation, control, craft,
craftsmanship, cunning, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness,
dextrousness, diplomacy, efficiency, equalization, equalizing,
equating, equation, equilibration, evening, evening up, expertise,
facility, fact distribution, finesse, forecasts, grace, grip,
handiness, harmonization, horsemanship, ingeniousness, ingenuity,
inspection, integration, know-how, manipulation, marksmanship,
mastership, mastery, methodization, nonlinear calibrations,
normalization, ordination, organization, output measurement,
planning, practical ability, processing, proficiency, prowess,
quickness, rationalization, readiness, reconcilement,
reconciliation, record keeping, regularization, regulation,
resource, resourcefulness, routinization, savoir-faire, savvy,
seamanship, skill, skillfulness, squaring, steering, style,
supersonic flow detection, symmetrization, synchronization,
systematization, tact, tactfulness, technical brilliance,
technical mastery, technical skill, technique, timing, virtuosity,
wit, wizardry, workmanship
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