ordinate
See also: Ordinate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ordino, ordinatus. Doublet of ordain.
Pronunciation
- (noun, adjective) IPA(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪnət/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - IPA(key): (verb) /ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪneɪt/
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Noun
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
- (second of two coordinates): coordinate
- (vertical line): axis
Coordinate terms
Related terms
With prefixes
Translations
y coordinate; second of two coordinates
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vertical axis
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Verb
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
Translations
to ordain a priest or consecrate a bishop
to align a series of objects
Adjective
ordinate (comparative more ordinate, superlative most ordinate)
Derived terms
Translations
arranged regularly in rows; orderly; disposed or arranged in an orderly or regular fashion.
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Anagrams
Italian
Noun
ordinate f
- plural of ordinata
Adjective
ordinate f pl
- feminine plural of ordinato
Verb
ordinate
- inflection of ordinare:
- second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person plural imperative
- feminine plural past participle
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
ōrdināte
- vocative masculine singular of ōrdinātus
References
- “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.