Coordination is the organising of parts so that they work as one. Everybody doing their bit at the right moment.
The organisational sense covers projects and emergencies, and a lack of coordination between agencies is the standard finding of every inquiry ever held. The physical sense is about the body, and hand-eye coordination is what catching a ball requires. Both mean the same thing at different scales. British English sometimes writes it with a hyphen as co-ordination. Chemistry has a technical sense involving bonds.
1nouncoordinationThe organising of separate parts to work together effectively.
“The rescue needed careful coordination between three services.”
2nounsmoothThe smooth control of bodily movements.
“His coordination was affected by the medication.”
Also accepted in games: co-ordination
Latin
coōrdinātiōnem
Middle French
coordination
English, today
coordination
From Middle French coordination, from Latin coōrdinātiōnem (accusative of coōrdinātiō), from con- + ōrdinātiō. Morphologically coordinate + ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA