DictionaryRoot: -ation
English
-ation
an action, process, or result
Forms
- -ation
Origin
Borrowed through French from Latin -atio, the form of an action ending used with many -are verbs.
Note
English speakers later attached this ending to bases that were not themselves Latin verbs.
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noun
coordination
The chemical bonding of surrounding atoms, ions, or molecules to a central atom or ion.
Etymology
Latin co- and ordo connect the word with ordering together. Chemical coordination applies that organized relationship to surrounding atoms, ions, or molecules bonded around a common center.