coordinates
/ (kəʊˈɔːdɪnɪts, -ˌneɪts) /
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How to use coordinates in a sentence
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.
Anton Purisima Files the Largest Lawsuit Ever Over a Rabid Dog, and It Could Bankrupt the World | Tim Teeman | May 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo date the only certainty we have are the geographical coordinates where the aircraft vanished from the radars.
Children of Those Missing From Missoni Plane Issue Plea for Information | Barbie Latza Nadeau | January 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTEubanks is an assistant athletic director for football and he coordinates on-campus recruiting visits.
How the Media Missed the Hoax of Manti Te’o and His Fictional Girlfriend | Howard Kurtz | January 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThat 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.
The Judas Valley | Gerald VancePicking up a tiny mass like this was a delicate job, even when you knew its coordinates.
Greylorn | John Keith LaumerHe checked the coordinates of the small green star three times before passing them along to Vorongil.
The Colors of Space | Marion Zimmer BradleyArtillerymen had guns ready to fire upon it if they ever got firing coordinates and permission to go into action.
Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald JenkinsLet h be the head, and x, y the coordinates of a point A on the parabolic path of the jet.
Cultural definitions for coordinates
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.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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