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coordinates

British  
/ -ˌneɪts, kəʊˈɔːdɪnɪts /

plural noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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Officials have recommended people stay vigilant and have an emergency plan in case of a snake bite, including knowing their location, trail names and GPS coordinates.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

There is no cost to families, and Autism BrainNet coordinates all arrangements.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

The state has also ramped up its own investigations and launched the Hospice Fraud Task Force, which makes arrests, shares intelligence, investigates fraud and coordinates enforcement.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

The Journal provided coordinates of the detention locations struck in the air campaign to both the Defense Department and the Israel Defense Forces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

It is often helpful to think of the four coordinates of an event as specifying its position in a four-dimensional space called space-time.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

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