different between firedog vs coordinate

English

Alternative forms

• fire dog

Etymology

fire +? dog

Noun

firedog (plural firedogs)

1. (archaeology) A Bronze Age artifact used in worshipping either bulls or the moon, or as a holder for wooden logs to be used in a fire altar.
2. (chiefly US) Either of a pair of horizontal metal supports for holding logs in a fireplace.

Synonyms

• (support for holding logs): andiron

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• coördinate, co-ordinate

Etymology

From Medieval Latin coordin?tus, past participle of coordinare (“arrange together”), from Latin co- (“together”) + ordinare (“arrange”). See ordain and ordinate.

Pronunciation

Noun, adjective

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ko????d?n?t/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?????d?n?t/, (fast speech) /?kw??d?n?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ko????d?n?t/, /?k??d?n?t/

Verb

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ko????d??ne?t/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?????d??ne?t/, (fast speech) /?kw??d?n?ne?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ko????d??ne?t/, /?k??d??ne?t/

Adjective

coordinate (not comparable)

1. Of the same rank; equal.

Usage notes

The usual pronunciation of ‘oo’ is /u?/ or /?/. The dieresis in the spelling coördinate emphasizes that the second o begins a separate syllable. However, the dieresis is becoming increasingly rare in US English typography, so the spelling coordinate predominates.

Noun

coordinate (plural coordinates)

1. (mathematics, cartography) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.

2. Something that is equal to another thing.
3. (humorous, in the plural) Coordinated clothes.

Derived terms

• coordinate system

Related terms

• axis

Translations

Verb

coordinate (third-person singular simple present coordinates, present participle coordinating, simple past and past participle coordinated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To synchronize (activities).

2. (transitive, intransitive) To match (objects, especially clothes).

Derived terms

• coordination, co-ordination
• coordinator, co-ordinator
• coordinatize

Translations

See also

• coordinately, coördinately
• coordinateness, coördinateness
• coordinative, coördinative
• uncoordinated, uncoördinated

Further reading

• coördinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• coordinate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• carotenoid, coronadite, decoration

Italian

Adjective

coordinate

1. feminine plural of coordinato

Noun

coordinate f

1. plural of coordinata

Verb

coordinate

1. second-person plural present indicative of coordinare
2. second-person plural imperative of coordinare
3. feminine plural of coordinato