A coordinate system is a system that uses one or more numbers, or coordinates, to uniquely determine the position of points or other geometric elements on a manifold such as Euclidean space. Coordinates are a pair of numbers or sometimes a combination of a letter and a number that tell us the exact location of a specific point on a grid. The order of the coordinates is significant, and they are sometimes identified by their position in an ordered tuple and sometimes by a letter, as in "the x-coordinate". The use of a coordinate system allows problems in geometry to be translated into problems about numbers and vice versa; this is the basis of analytic geometry.
In mathematics, coordinates are any of the magnitudes that serve to define the position of a point, line, or the like, by reference to a fixed figure, system of lines, etc. . In addition, the term "coordinate" can also be used as a verb, meaning to make many different things work effectively as a whole or to match or look attractive together.
