coordinance (koordinans)

[ coördinate (ko-ord i-nāt), v. t.; pret. and pp. coördinated, ppr. coördinating. [ It. coordinare = Sp. coordinar = Pg. coordenar = F. coordonner, for * coordiner ), arrange together, The different parts of each being must be co-ordinated in such a manner as to render the total being po ible. Whewell. This task of specifying and cla ifying the concretes of Experience is the purpose of Science; and Metaphysics, accepting the generalized results thus reached in the sev eral departments of research, coördinates them into a system. G. H. Lewes, Probs. of Life and Mind, II. iv. § 97. 3. Specifically, to combine in consistent and harmonious action, as muscles. Thinking is an active proce ; it is one mode of conduct, and therefore its perfection must consist in the harmony with which its various actions are co - ordinated to its proper end. Mivart, Nature and Thought, p. 12.