Meaning

(geometry) The second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

Coordinate term: abscissa

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

ordinate power

ordinate proportionality; ordinate proportion

Word Forms

• ordinates
• ordinating
• ordinated
• more ordinate
• most ordinate

Synonyms for ordinate

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When Should You Use Ordinate?

Use ordinate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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