(grammar) each of two or more parts of a sentence, often joined by and, or, but, etc. that make separate statements that each have an equal importance:
In the sentence 'It stopped raining and the sun came out', 'It stopped raining' and 'the sun came out' are both coordinate clauses, joined by the word 'and'.
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