coopertorium

[Lat.] Arch.: The roof of a building. ( Weale.) †côop-er-, *côo-per-le, 8. cooper; -y.] A. As substantive : & cootie and meridians of longitude are coordinates, which, taken together, fix with nearly mathematical accu. racy, the position of any place on the globe, and would do so with perfect exactne were it a strictly geometrical figure. It is not e ential that the angles made by two coördinates be right angles, though right angles are most commonly employed as most convenient for use. The reason why the term coördinate was given is that if various points in a curve be fixed by such lines the several points of the curve may be treated in order. Des cartes first introduced the method of fixing the position of a point or series of points in the way just described. It is now continually in use. One division is into Rectilinear and Polar Coördinates, each of which, again, may be either in a plane or in space. co-or-din-āte, v . t . [CoÖRDINATE, a .] To make coordinate; to arrange in proper orders and cla es; to adjust, to harmonize. "The different parts of each being must be coördinated in such a manner as to render the total being po ible." -Watts. 1. The trade or occupation of a cooper. 2. A place where cooper's work is done; a cooper age. B. As adj .: Of or pertaining to the trade of a cooper; of the nature of cooper's work. tco-opt', v. t. [Fr. coopter, from Lat. coop to =to elect into a body.] To elect into any body; to cooptate. *cō op-tāte, v. t. [Lat. coopt at us, pa. par. of coop to =to elect into a body: cocon =with, together, and opto =to choose.] To choose or elect into any body.