COORDINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coordination mean? 

• COORDINATION (noun)
  The noun COORDINATION has 4 senses:

1. the skillful and effective interaction of movements

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

  Familiarity information: COORDINATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COORDINATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The skillful and effective interaction of movements

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("coordination" is a kind of...):

skillfulness (the state of being cognitively skillful)

Antonym:

incoordination (a lack of coordination of movements)

Derivation:

coordinate (bring into common action, movement, or condition)

coordinate (be co-ordinated)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("coordination" is a kind of...):

timing (the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coordination"):

synchronisation; synchronization; synchronizing (coordinating by causing to indicate the same time)

proration (the proportional limitation of production or distribution of something (e.g. crude oil or natural gas) to some fractional part of the total capacity of each producer)

Derivation:

coordinate (bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation)

coordinate (bring into common action, movement, or condition)

coordinate (be co-ordinated)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("coordination" is a kind of...):

grammatical relation (a linguistic relation established by grammar)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("coordination" is a kind of...):

categorisation; categorization; classification; sorting (the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories)

Derivation:

coordinate (of equal importance, rank, or degree)

 Context examples 

No coordination was seen when the patients answered incorrectly, nor did it occur when the patients were learning the pairs.

(Our brains may ripple before remembering, National Institutes of Health)

The exam checks a person’s mental status, coordination, ability to walk, and how well the muscles, sensory systems, and deep tendon reflexes work.

(Neurological exam, NCI Dictionary)

The Office of Special Populations Research was established in 1996 to advise the Director of NCI and provide a focal point for leadership and coordination on minority and other special populations research.

(Office of Special Populations Research, NCI Thesaurus)

An organization responsible for the overall scientific and administrative coordination, study monitoring, and data management activities of a particular clinical trial.

(Clinical Study Lead Organization, NCI Thesaurus)

An organizational unit or facility responsible for the coordination and/or management oversight of activities that occur at secondary or contributing organizational units engaged in the same research activities.

(Central Site, NCI Thesaurus)

If you have symptoms, they may include: • Neck pain • Balance problems • Numbness or other abnormal feelings in the arms or legs • Dizziness • Vision problems • Difficulty swallowing • Poor hand coordination

(Chiari Malformation, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

The exam checks a person's mental status, coordination, ability to walk, and how well the muscles, sensory systems, and deep tendon reflexes work.

(Neurologic Examination, NCI Dictionary)

A facility that is responsible for receiving, editing, processing, analyzing, and storing data generated in a study and that, in addition, has responsibility for coordination of activities required for execution of the study.

(Coordinating Center, NCI Thesaurus)

A division head is responsible for the overall direction in the conduct of research; provision and coordination of training and education; operations, staffing, and maintenance of the facilities.

(Division Head, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder of the central nervous system marked by weakness, numbness, a loss of muscle coordination, and problems with vision, speech, and bladder control.

(Multiple Sclerosis, NCI Dictionary)