Coordinate \Co*["o]r"di*nate\, a. [Pref. co- + L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare to regulate. See {Ordain}.] Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.
Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many co["o]rdinate powers presiding over each country. --Law.
Conjunctions joint sentences and co["o]rdinate terms. --Rev. R. Morris.
{Co["o]rdinate adjectives}, adjectives disconnected as regards one another, but referring equally to the same subject.
{Co["o]rdinate conjunctions}, conjunctions joining independent propositions. --Rev. R. Morris.
Coordinate \Co*["o]r"di*nate\, n. 1. A thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or importance.
It has neither co["o]rdinate nor analogon; it is absolutely one. --Coleridge.
2. pl. (Math.) Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain fixed lines, or planes, called co["o]rdinate axes and co["o]rdinate planes. See {Abscissa}.
Note: Co["o]rdinates are of several kinds, consisting in some of the different cases, of the following elements, namely: (a) (Geom. of Two Dimensions) The abscissa and ordinate of any point, taken together; as the abscissa PY and ordinate PX of the point P (Fig. 2, referred to the co["o]rdinate axes AY and AX. (b) Any radius vector PA (Fig. 1), together with its angle of inclination to a fixed line, APX, by which any point A in the same plane is referred to that fixed line, and a fixed point in it, called the pole, P. (c) (Geom. of Three Dimensions) Any three lines, or distances, PB, PC, PD (Fig. 3), taken parallel to three co["o]rdinate axes, AX, AY, AZ, and measured from the corresponding co["o]rdinate fixed planes, YAZ, XAZ, XAY, to any point in space, P, whose position is thereby determined with respect to these planes and axes. (d) A radius vector, the angle which it makes with a fixed plane, and the angle which its projection on the plane makes with a fixed line line in the plane, by which means any point in space at the free extremity of the radius vector is referred to that fixed plane and fixed line, and a fixed point in that line, the pole of the radius vector.
{Cartesian co["o]rdinates}. See under {Cartesian}.
{Geographical co["o]rdinates}, the latitude and longitude of a place, by which its relative situation on the globe is known. The height of the above the sea level constitutes a third co["o]rdinate.
{Polar co["o]rdinates}, co["o]rdinates made up of a radius vector and its angle of inclination to another line, or a line and plane; as those defined in (b) and (d) above.
{Rectangular co["o]rdinates}, co["o]rdinates the axes of which intersect at right angles.
{Rectilinear co["o]rdinates}, co["o]rdinates made up of right lines. Those defined in (a) and (c) above are called also {Cartesian co["o]rdinates}.
{Trigonometrical co["o]rdinates} or {Spherical co["o]rdinates}, elements of reference, by means of which the position of a point on the surface of a sphere may be determined with respect to two great circles of the sphere.
{Trilinear co["o]rdinates}, co["o]rdinates of a point in a plane, consisting of the three ratios which the three distances of the point from three fixed lines have one to another.
co-ordinate \co-ordinate\, coordinate \co*["o]r"di*nate\(-n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Co["o]rdinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Co["o]rdinating}.] 1. To make co["o]rdinate; to put in the same order or rank; as, to co["o]rdinate ideas in classification.
2. To give a common action, movement, or condition to; to regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action; to adjust; to harmonize; as, to co["o]rdinate muscular movements.
3. to be co-ordinated; as, These activities co-ordinate well.
Syn: coordinate. [WordNet 1.5]
Mr. Brady has said he thought government agencies in the latest market drop were better prepared to coordinate their actions, but he has left no doubt that he still likes the ideas the commission advanced nearly two years ago.
Next spring, Claiborne is introducing a line of "fashion athletic shoes" that coordinate with a collection of Claiborne clothes.
A disaster response team from Miami's Metro Dade Fire Department established a communications center in Barbados, about 200 miles south of Hugo's path, to assess damage and coordinate emergency medical treatment throughout the Leeward Islands.
Included in the amendments being considered by Congress is a requirement that the Job Training Partnership Act system coordinate its programs with other federal, state and local education and welfare programs.
Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III seems to be making progress in his drive to get the world's top economic powers to use the price of gold and other commodities to help them coordinate economic policies.
The decision also called on the ICAO to renew efforts to coordinate civilian and military air traffic, improve routing in troubled areas and review standards and practises.
The heads of Egypt, Jordan and the PLO met today to coordinate a Middle East peace strategy in preparation for April and May talks in Washington between regional leaders and President Bush.
But he was less sanguine about the abilities of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to better coordinate their regulation of the markets, as was recommended in the task force report early last month.
Another problem, says Harvey Bryan, an associate professor of architecture at Harvard University, is to coordinate electric and natural light.
Thornburgh said he would ask permission from Congress to create the office to coordinate the department's dealings with foreign governments on law enforcement issues.
The council was established in 1987 by Title II of the McKinney Act to coordinate 20 new programs created by the act.
The city will coordinate the computer data bases of various of its agencies to uncover businesses that are licensed but that don't pay taxes.
The announcement said the four companies will coordinate schedules and are considering a joint cargo center in Vienna, as well as check-in collaboration at various airports.
Earlier this week, oil producers outside OPEC met in London to coordinate output with the 13-member oil cartel.
The participants agreed to establish an eight-member committee to coordinate reforms inside South Africa in liaison with an African monitoring committee scheduled to hold its first meeting in March.
Jailed nationalist leader Nelson Mandela wants permission to meet a wide range of anti-apartheid activists to coordinate strategies, a newspaper reported today.
The Federal Reserve Board has given Citicorp permission to more closely coordinate its savings and loan subsidiaries in California, Illinois and Florida with its banking operation.
It was Baker who three years ago launched an initiative with major U.S. allies to coordinate economic policies in an effort to lower America's huge foreign-trade deficit.
Takeshita told Bush that Kaifu had named a team to coordinate Japan's side of talks with the United States on easing trade barriers, the statement said.
The U.N. appointed a special representative Friday to coordinate relief operations.
Chairman T.H. Irvin said he decided to create the new management team to better coordinate the concern's world-wide operations, which now account for 50% of its revenue and employee base.
U.S. terrorism experts are disturbed by signs that Latin American terrorist groups, which once had little to do with one another, have begun to coordinate activities.
O'Brien now travels with Dukakis and is trying to coordinate the political message with what appears on television.
Fourth, the NSC staff must help the president coordinate the political, economic and security aspects of foreign policy.
Leaders of the seven major industrial democracies kicked off their 14th annual economic summit by agreeing broadly that the world economy is in good shape, and that their own willingness to coordinate economic policies was one of the reasons.
The administration's plan to create a new National Drug Intelligence Center to coordinate information on drug traffickers is being criticized on Capitol Hill as an improper use of scarce money.
Gov. Brad Dye, acting in behalf of Gov. Ray Mabus, who was out of state, also declared a state of emergency to activate the Mississippi Emergency Operations Center, which will coordinate any needed clean up.
A Pentagon source, who spoke on condition of not being identified, said that some time in the future, a contingent of the D.C. National Guard will be sent to the region to coordinate with the Virgin Islands National Guard.
Srinagar has 150 mosques. "This is the best breeding ground for Moslem fundamentalism," said a federal official who helps coordinate the new security measures.
The lead prosecutor in New York's "pizza connection" heroin trial was named Friday to coordinate the investigation in the bombing deaths of a federal judge and a black Savannah lawyer.