ordinate
noun
- second coordinate in a measured space with dimension 2 or higher
verb
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Pronunciation: /ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪnət/ / /ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪneɪt/
adj
Etymology: Partly inherited from Middle English ordinat(e) (adjective and participle), partly directly borrowed from Latin ōrdinātus, perfect passive participle of ōrdinō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Doublet of ordain. Sense 5 of the verb is from a back-formation from ordination.
- Observant of order, keeping within set limits; moderate, temperate
- Conforming to order or rule, ordered, regulated, regular, orderly.
“ordinate power”
- Arranged regularly in a row or rows.
- Of a figure: having all its sides and angles equal.
- Relating to an ordered series of ratios.
“ordinate proportionality; ordinate proportion”
noun
Etymology: Partly inherited from Middle English ordinat(e) (adjective and participle), partly directly borrowed from Latin ōrdinātus, perfect passive participle of ōrdinō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Doublet of ordain. Sense 5 of the verb is from a back-formation from ordination.
- The second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
“Coordinate term: abscissa”
“The point (3,2) has 3 as its abscissa and 2 as its ordinate.”
- The vertical line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the ordinate (sense above) is shown.
verb
Etymology: Partly inherited from Middle English ordinat(e) (adjective and participle), partly directly borrowed from Latin ōrdinātus, perfect passive participle of ōrdinō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Doublet of ordain. Sense 5 of the verb is from a back-formation from ordination.
- To align a series of objects.
- To ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop.
- To order or regulate; to control, govern, or direct.
- To institute, establish; to ordain; to predestine.
- To subject to the mathematical operation of ordination.
- past participle of ordinate