ordinate
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See also: Ordinate
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin ordino, ordinatus. Doublet of ordain.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (noun, adjective) IPA(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪnət/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (verb) IPA(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪneɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]ordinate (plural ordinates)
- (geometry) The second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
- The point has 3 as its abscissa and 2 as its ordinate.
- (geometry) The vertical line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the ordinate (sense above) is shown.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (second of two coordinates): coordinate
- (vertical line): axis
Coordinate terms
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Translations
[edit]y coordinate; second of two coordinates
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vertical axis
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[edit]Verb
[edit]ordinate (third-person singular simple present ordinates, present participle ordinating, simple past and past participle ordinated)
- (transitive) To align a series of objects.
- (transitive, uncommon) To ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop.
- Synonym: (much more common) ordain
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to ordain a priest or consecrate a bishop
to align a series of objects
Adjective
[edit]ordinate (comparative more ordinate, superlative most ordinate)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]arranged regularly in rows; orderly; disposed or arranged in an orderly or regular fashion.
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[edit]Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]ordinate f
Adjective
[edit]ordinate f pl
Verb
[edit]ordinate
- inflection of ordinare:
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Participle
[edit]ōrdināte
References
[edit]- “ordinate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ordinate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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