Ordinate

Quick meaning: Ordinate is a noun meaning (geometry) The vertical line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the ordinate (sense above) is shown.

Meaning

(geometry) The vertical line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the ordinate (sense above) is shown.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To align a series of objects.
2. (transitive, uncommon) To ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop.
3. (transitive, now rare) To order or regulate; to control, govern, or direct.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To institute, establish; to ordain; to predestine.
5. (transitive, statistics, ecology) To subject to the mathematical operation of ordination.
6. (geometry) The second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
7. (obsolete) past participle of ordinate

Example Sentences

ordinate power

Coordinate term: abscissa

ordinate proportionality; ordinate proportion

The point (3,2) has 3 as its abscissa and 2 as its ordinate.

Word Forms

• ordinates
• ordinating
• ordinated

Synonyms for ordinate

Depending on context, synonyms include ordain, tidy, orderly, regular.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include categorize, classify, rank, organize, align, array.

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