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COORDINATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 2
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)
Sense 3
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 4
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)
Context examples:
A disorder characterized by an impairment in the development of an individual's motor coordination skills; this impairment in motor development is not due to a medical condition.
(Developmental Coordination Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes enhancer of filamentation 1 protein, plays a role in the coordination of cellular adhesion mediated-signaling.
(NEDD9 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
In cases that are associated with other central nervous system abnormalities or syndromes, symptoms include developmental delays, motor coordination difficulties, and vision impairment.
(Corpus Callosum Agenesis, NCI Thesaurus)
A cobalt-containing coordination compound generated by intestinal microbes, and a natural water-soluble vitamin of the B-complex family that must combine with Intrinsic Factor for absorption by the intestine.
(Cyanocobalamin, NCI Thesaurus)
The cardiac/vascular nurse is responsible for the development, coordination, and evaluation of a plan of care that uses a multi-disciplinary/case management approach.
(Cardiac/Vascular Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)
A person who is responsible for directing personnel involved with the coordination and completion of forms that contain a list of information regarding procedure or content validation.
(Checklist Supervisor, NCI Thesaurus)
They include: • Trembling of hands, arms, legs, jaw and face • Stiffness of the arms, legs and trunk • Slowness of movement • Poor balance and coordination
(Parkinson's Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Lack of coordination of muscle movements resulting in the impairment or inability to perform voluntary activities.
(Ataxia, NCI Thesaurus)
Symptoms of Powassan virus disease can include fever, headache, vomiting, weakness, confusion, loss of coordination, speech difficulties, and seizures.
(Tick salivary glands can be a tool to study virus transmission and infection, National Institutes of Health)
NOTE(S): Exception: A multi-site trial with no single assigned coordination center; in this case, every participating organization can be named as lead organization.
(Planned Study Site Lead Indicator, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
