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• present tense form of coordinate (3rd person singular).

coordinates

British  

/ kəʊˈɔːdɪnɪts, -ˌneɪts /

plural noun

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

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coordinates Cultural  

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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In his most draconian move yet, the Pentagon polygraphed some 50 high-ranking military officers and civilian officials on the Joint Staff, which coordinates operations, policy and war plans with combatant commanders worldwide.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

The Danuri team in turn sent their coordinates to NASA's LRO team to help refine their follow-up imaging sequence.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

So scientists anchor the world’s coordinates to far-off stillness: quasars, the luminous cores of galaxies billions of light-years away, observed nightly by radio telescopes across multiple continents and cross-checked with lasers bounced off satellites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Specifically, it’s about situations where the numbers represent points in a space, like coordinates on a map.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

A spotter reads coordinates into the headpiece, and an artilleryman repeats them back.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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