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coordinates

/ kəʊˈɔːdɪnɪts; -ˌneɪts /

plural noun

  1. clothes of matching or harmonious colours and design, suitable for wearing together Compare separates


coordinates

  1. A set of numbers, or a single number, that locates a point on a line , on a plane , or in space. If the point is known to be on a given line, only one number is needed to locate it. If the point is known to be on a given plane, two numbers are needed. If the point is known to be located in space, three numbers are needed.


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For one, these maps often use narrative to chart the landscape, rather than constraining it to a grid with coordinates.

If Purisima wins, with no money, the world will have to reconfigure its economic and trade coordinates completely.

To date the only certainty we have are the geographical coordinates where the aircraft vanished from the radars.

Eubanks is an assistant athletic director for football and he coordinates on-campus recruiting visits.

That is, he wants to mess with the most basic architectural coordinates.

He put his hand on the plate and waited for the guide coordinates to be set.

Picking up a tiny mass like this was a delicate job, even when you knew its coordinates.

He checked the coordinates of the small green star three times before passing them along to Vorongil.

Artillerymen had guns ready to fire upon it if they ever got firing coordinates and permission to go into action.

Let h be the head, and x, y the coordinates of a point A on the parabolic path of the jet.

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