单词 | co-ordination |
释义 | co-ordinationn. The action of co-ordinating; the condition or state of being co-ordinated or co-ordinate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > orderly combination co-ordination1605 orchestration1880 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Gg4v The simple formes or differences of things, which are few in number, and the degrees or coordinations whereof, make all this varietie. View more context for this quotation 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 139 What consent and coordination there is in the leaves and parts of flowers. 2. The action of arranging or placing in the same order, rank, or degree; the condition of being so placed; the relation between things so placed; co-ordinate condition or relation: opposed to subordination. ΚΠ 1643 Maximes Unfolded 4 Co-workers together for common good, not..by subordination, but co-ordination of principall causes. 1657 O. Cromwell Speech 21 Apr. I cannot do anything but in coordination with the council. a1677 I. Barrow Treat. Pope's Supremacy (1680) 184 That brotherly co-ordination and equality, which our Lord did appoint among the Bishops. 1833 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 10 Apr. There are two possible modes of unity in a State; one by absolute co-ordination of each to all, and of all to each: the other by subordination of classes and offices. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic iv. 91 The Relation of Co-ordination exists between different Species which have the same Proximate Genus. 3. The action of arranging, or condition of being arranged or combined, in due order or proper relation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > putting in order > putting in orderly combination co-ordination1846 orchestration1880 1846 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces 1 The theory consequent upon new facts, whether it be a co-ordination of them with known ones, or [etc.]. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith i. i. §2. 57 To arrange the primary materials in a regular co-ordination, which constitutes Science. 1858 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (new ed.) xiv. §794 I have recently put the materials in the hands of Lieutenant West for co-ordination. 4. Harmonious combination of agents or functions towards the production of a result; said esp. in Physiology in reference to the simultaneous and orderly action of a number of muscles in the production of certain complex movements. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [noun] > operating together communiona1538 concurring1594 co-agency1611 concourse1635 co-working1670 synergy1820 synenergy1822 synergia1831 co-ordination1870 co-operancy1878 1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. i. iii. 61 These two highest nervous centres..perform the general function of doubly-compound co-ordination. 1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. (1879) i. i. §20 20 In each of these acts, the co-ordination of a large number of muscular movements is required. 1879 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. (ed. 3) iii. vi. 562 Let us..examine the coordination of the movements of our own bodies. 5. Chemistry. The formation or existence of a co-ordinate bond; linking by means of a co-ordinate bond; frequently attributive, esp. in co-ordination number [translating German koordinationszahl (A. Werner 1893, in Zeitschrift für anorg. Chemie III. 326)] , (a) in a co-ordination compound, the number of atoms or groups linked to the central atom or group by co-ordinate or covalent bonds; (b) in a crystal, the number of ions immediately surrounding any given molecule or ion. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical bonding > [noun] > covalent bonding > co-ordinate bond > linking by means of co-ordination1902 1902 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 82 ii. 555 The capacity for combination of an atom is determined by three factors, principal valency, supplementary valency, and the co-ordination constant. 1908 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 93 ii. 1571 Whatever co-ordination number the central atom may have. 1938 C. W. Stillwell Crystal Chem. i. 13 For AX2 compounds there will be two coordination numbers, for there are twice as many ions (or atoms) X as there are ions (or atoms) A. 1939 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) III. 330/1 The prevalence of co-ordination numbers 4 and 6 suggested that co-ordination compounds had a spatial arrangement..corresponding respectively with the tetrahedron and octahedron. 1950 Chem. Rev. 46 389 These cyclic tertiary bases have a spatial configuration which is far more favorable to coördination with a metal ion. 1953 C. K. Ingold Struct. & Mech. Org. Chem. v. 205 The covalent bond can be formed by co-ordination. 1955 G. L. Clark Appl. X-rays (ed. 4) xvii. 522 Coordination of NH3 molecules around the cation as in Co(NH3)6Cl3. 1962 P. J. Durrant & B. Durrant Introd. Adv. Inorg. Chem. xii. 345 In the hexagonal and face-centred cubical close-packed structures the co~ordination number is 12. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) III. 457/2 The products formed are coordination ions or compounds, and this area of chemistry is known as coordination chemistry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1605 |
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