: any of a set of numbers used in specifying the location of a point on a line, on a surface, or in space
latitude and longitude coordinates
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: any one of a set of variables used in specifying the state of a substance or the motion of a particle or momentum
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: one who is of equal rank, authority, or importance with another
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coordinates plural: articles (as of clothing) designed to be used together and to attain their effect through pleasing contrast (as of color, material, or texture)
Verb She'll be coordinating the relief effort. You'll have to coordinate with the sales department. National and international relief efforts must coordinate if the operation is to be successful. We need to coordinate our schedules. Dancers need to coordinate their moves. Since his illness, he has had trouble coordinating his arms and legs. Noun We calculated its exact coordinates. the Nobel Memorial Award for Economic Science is universally regarded as the coordinate of the original Nobel Prizes for peace, literature, medicine, physics, and chemistry See More
Recent Examples on the Web
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The initial rollout of coronavirus vaccines in the US has been slow and messy, as states have tried coordinate plans for appointments with little federal guidance. Kim Lyons, The Verge, 25 Jan. 2021 The x-axis and y-axis show the two dimensions of a coordinate plane. Dave Linkletter, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2022 Cedarburg City Administrator Mikko Hilvo said his Ozaukee County community has been hearing from citizens about the city's coordinate address system, too. Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2022 Doyle, who formerly served as the coordinate mayor of Cork County, Ireland, was due to visit for 2020's parade before its last-minute cancellation. Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2022 Today, almost 40% of the addresses in Waukesha County are coordinate addresses, said Jim Landwehr, land information systems supervisor in Waukesha County's Parks & Land Use Department. Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2022 But as there’s no evidence that humans can actually influence a random coordinate generator with their intentions, a proportion of Randonautica users will continue to be disappointed. Amelia Tait, Wired, 13 Nov. 2021 Several impact moments from one another, indicating a coordinate attack. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Sep. 2021 The district also removed some math topics that would be covered in a typical year, such as identifying symmetry and geometric patterns from the fourth grade standards, and work with coordinate planes in the fifth grade.al, 25 Aug. 2021
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Airlines and airports operating in London have been working with the Royal Palace, the Department for Transport and the U.K.’s air-traffic controller to coordinate plans to limit disruption during the national period of mourning.WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022 Wilson asked county Mayor Jerry Demings to request several departments to coordinate in a deep and broad look at the dizzying levels of troubles, government jurisdictions, land uses, development rules and conservation successes along Shingle Creek. Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2022 Joel Rodriguez arrived from Florida International to coordinate the run game. Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2022 On the one hand, those who choose to spend extended time up in these towers in remote wilderness are tasked with scanning the horizon looking for smoke and helping coordinate firefighting efforts. Hannah Kingsley-ma, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2022 The city worked with the Broad Ripple Village Association to coordinate rideshare pickup zones and food carryout and delivery zones on Guillford and Winthrop avenues south of Broad Ripple Avenue. Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Sep. 2022 On Saturday, a high-level body set up to coordinate the relief effort met in Islamabad for the first time, Reuters reported. Idris Mukhtar, CNN, 4 Sep. 2022 Knight and his then-wife Carrie reached out to food writer Phaedra Cook, who suggested creating a Facebook page to ask who could cook food and to coordinate meal drops. Emma Balter, Chron, 2 Sep. 2022 Colleagues say Chatterjee’s strength as a leader is her ability to coordinate a roomful of fellow leaders.oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022
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Guest can partake in on-site mixology classes, yoga sessions, and movie nights, or have the concierge coordinate surf lessons, horseback riding in Mal Pais, and excursions to the Montezuma Waterfalls. Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2022 Invent a coordinate system where the ship’s bow—the single most important reference point in this Seussian landscape—serves as the axis around which everything else is oriented. Amy Brady, Scientific American, 1 May 2022 Java 15-18 ECDSA doesn’t sanity check that the random x coordinate and signature proof are nonzero; a (0,0) signature validates any message. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 20 Apr. 2022 There's also a GPS coordinate that forecasters watch closely with nor'easters called the benchmark. Judson Jones, CNN, 27 Jan. 2022 In the paper, Sneppen says that photons orbiting above a certain radial coordinate circle the black hole outwards to infinity. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 24 Jan. 2022 Defensive tackles coach Ricky Logo, assistant head coach and cornerback coach John Richardson, co-offensive coordinate and quarterbacks coach Craig Stutzmann and offensive line coach Mark Weber were also fired, CBS Sports report. Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2021 Most ships are 200 yards to 400 yards long, and the Marine Exchange, which stays in touch with the captain during anchoring operations, gives ships a 100-yard leeway in hitting their coordinate.Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021 And social media users, from every conceivable coordinate on the political spectrum, seek to cast inconvenient news as a psyop. Kevin T. Dugan, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2021 See More