coordinate
nounEtymology From a substantivation of the above adjective, see Etymology 1 and -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more. Compare French coordonné.
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Astronomy, Cartography, Geography, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Sciences A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.
- Give me your coordinates and we'll come and rescue you.
- What makes Doveland so fascinating is that there are no records of a town with such a name, the town was not renamed or altered its zoning, and there is no map of the state that includes the coordinates of a town called Doveland, Wisconsin. Yet people claim they remember the town, had friends or relatives who lived there, have visited it, and a few folks have souvenirs to prove they have been to Doveland.2023 August 29, Lauren Dillon, “Doveland, Wisconsin: The Town That Wasn’t There”, in Historic Mysteries:
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Something that is equal to another thing.
- These are coordinates; because each, in the sphere of its powers, is equal to, and independent of the others; and because the three united make the government.1851, John C. Calhoun, A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United Statesᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ:
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Humorous, In plural Coordinated clothes.
- Derived terms
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bicoordinate, brainordinate, Cartesian coordinate, chronocoordinate, color coordinate, color coordinate system, coordinate axis, coordinate bond, coordinate chart, coordinate clause, coordinate covalent bond, coordinate map, coordinate plane, coordinate system, coordinate term, coordinatewise, coordinatization, eigencoordinate, equicoordinate, geocoordinate, grayordinate, homogeneous coordinate, multicoordinate, paleocoordinate, Plücker coordinate, space polar coordinate, supercoordinate, Talairach coordinate- Related terms
- axis