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Noun: coordination  kow,or-du'ney-shun
  1. The regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation
    "The success of the project depended on the coordination of multiple teams across different departments"
     
  2. The skilful and effective interaction of movements
    "The dancer's coordination was flawless throughout the performance"
     
  3. The grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form
    "In 'The cat and dog played', 'cat' and 'dog' are in coordination"

Derived forms: coordinations

Type of: grammatical relation, skilfulness [Brit, Cdn], skillfulness [N. Amer], timing

Antonym: incoordination

Encyclopedia: Coordination