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Co-ordinate

Definition: Co-ordinate

Co-ordinate

Noun

1. : sign jointly; "Husband and wife co-signed the lease".

2. A number that identifies a position relative to an axis co-respondent n : the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding co-sign.

3. : sign jointly; "Husband and wife co-signed the lease".

4. A number that identifies a position relative to an axis co-respondent n : the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding co-sign.

5. Sign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan co-star n : one of two actors who are given equal status as stars in a play or film.

Verb

1. Feature as the co-star in a performance.

2. Be the co-star in a performance.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "co-ordinate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1788. (references)


Specialty Definition: Co-ordinate

DomainDefinition

Computing

Coordinate One member of a tuple of numbers which defines the position of a point in some space. Commonly used coordinate systems have as many coordinates as their are dimensions in the space, e.g. a pair for two dimensions. The most common coordinate system is Cartesian coordinates, probably followed by polar coordinates. (1997-07-09). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Co-ordinate

Synonyms: coordinate (n), corespondent (n), cosign (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Co-ordinate

Specialty definitions using "co-ordinate": co-ordinate complex sentencenaval gunfire liaison teamp system, pressure co-ordinate system, pressure system, protocol-control-information of a layer'theta' co-ordinate system, 'theta' systemUCS diagram, uniform-chromaticity-scale diagramwaveshape. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Co-ordinate

DomainTitle

Books

  • A survey of British practice in co-ordinate indexing in information-library units (reference)

  • Co-ordinate location tables: Cartesian (x,y) ordinates of equispaced points on circles, intended for use particularly with numerically controlled machines (reference)

  • Informatics 1 : proceedings of a conference held by the Aslib Co-ordinate Indexing Group on 11-13 April 1973 at Durham University (reference)

  • Informatics 2 : proceedings of a conference held by the Aslib Co-ordinate Indexing Group on 25-27 March 1974 at New College, Oxford (reference)

  • Informatics 3 : proceedings of a conference held by the Aslib Co-ordinate Indexing Group on 2-4 April, 1975 at Emmanuel College, Cambridge (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Co-ordinate

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Tanzania

The Presidential Parastatal Sector Reform Commission (PSRC) was formed by the Government in 1992/93 to co-ordinate the implementation of the government's economic reform efforts in the form of privatization. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Co-ordinate

"Co-ordinate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 80.27% of the time. "Co-ordinate" is used about 511 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)80.27%41113,718
Lexical Verb (base form)13.09%6740,952
Noun (singular)6.64%3459,261
                    Total100.00%511N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Co-ordinate

Language Translations for "co-ordinate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

koordinovat s (co-ordinate with). (various references)

   

Danish

  

opstille (arrange, to mount, to set). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

coördineren (coordinate). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

kunordigi (coordinate). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

yhtenäistää (unify), rinnastettu, rinnastaa (consider equal, draw a parallel between, place on a level). (various references)

   

French

  

disposer. (various references)

   

German

  

aufeinander abstimmen (match up, phase). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συντονίζω (attune, co ordinate, coordinate, tune in, tune into), συνδυάζω (blend, combine, go with 1, pair, piece), εναρμονίζω (harmonize, square with), ταιριάζω (befall, belong, beseem, click, comport with, fit, fit in, go with 1, go with 2, match, suit, to fit in with). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

koordináta, egymás mellé rendelt, egyenrangú fél (coordinate), egyenrangú (coequal, compeer, equal, in a par with, on a par with, peer, to be on a par with, to be ranked with), egyenlő (equal, equal to, equivalent, even, level), azonos osztályba tartozó, azonos csoportba tartozó. (various references)

   

Italian

  

disporre (absorb, arrange, array, dispose, get ready, have, have at one's disposal, lay, make arrangements, order, place, prejudice, put up, range, set up, station, will). (various references)

   

Manx

  

obbraghey ry-cheilley (co-ordination, pull together), cur er yn 'un cheim (co-ordination), co-ordnaid, co-oardeeagh, co-oardaghey (co-ordination). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

o-ordinatecay

   

Portuguese

  

dispor graficamente (arrange). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

согласовывать (accord, agree to by, attune, bring into accord, correlate, dovetail, harmonize, make agreed to, time, understood and agreed). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

disponer (arrange, command, dictate, dispose, form up, frame, lay down, lay out, line up, make arrangements, ordain, order, prepare, provide, ready, set out, table, trim). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tryckkoordinatsystem (p system, pressure co-ordinate system, pressure system), sidoordningsrelation (concept co-ordination, co-ordinate relation, co-ordination), sidoordnade klasser (co-ordinate classes), koordinera med (coordinate with, co-ordinate with). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

ngang h ng (parallel). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Co-ordinate

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: carotenoid, coordinate, decoration.

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-n-o-o-r-t"

-1 letter: cartooned, coronated, creodonta, redaction.

-2 letters: acrodont, anoretic, arointed, cartoned, catenoid, centroid, ceratoid, coeditor, coronate, creation, creodont, dicentra, doctrine, ordinate, rationed, ratooned, reaction, tandoori, tornadic.

-3 letters: aconite, aneroid, antired, cairned, cardoon, carotid, carotin, cartoon, ceratin, certain, codeina, cointer, coontie, coranto, cordate, cordite, coronae, coronet, creatin, crooned, ctenoid, deontic, detrain, diatron, donator, enactor, erotica, noticed.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-i-n-o-o-r-t"
 

+1 letter: carotenoids, coordinated, coordinates, decorations, recordation.

 

+2 letters: coordinately, coordinative, incorporated, recordations, redecoration.

 

+3 letters: confederation, consideration, decarbonation, decortication, nondemocratic, overcautioned, overeducation, reconsolidate, redecorations, uncoordinated.

 

+4 letters: adrenocortical, confederations, conquistadores, considerations, containerboard, coordinateness, decarbonations, dechlorination, decolorization, deconsecration, decontaminator, decortications, dichloroethane, nondirectional, nondoctrinaire, nonradioactive, overdecorating, overdecoration, overeducations, overmedication, prognosticated, recodification, recommendation, reconsolidated, reconsolidates, reincorporated, serodiagnostic, trichomonacide, trisoctahedron, unincorporated.

 

+5 letters: codetermination, containerboards, contradictories, decarboxylation, dechlorinations, decolorizations, deconcentration, deconsecrations, decontaminators, democratization, dichloroethanes, echinodermatous, inconsideration, omnidirectional, overdecorations, overmedications, premodification, radioprotection, recodifications, recommendations, reconsideration, reconsolidating, trichomonacides, trisoctahedrons.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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