ordinate
(noun) the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis
align, ordinate, coordinate
(verb) bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; “align the wheels of my car”; “ordinate similar parts”
ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order
(verb) appoint to a clerical posts; “he was ordained in the Church”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• (second of two coordinates): coordinate
• (vertical line): axis
• abscissa
ordinate (third-person singular simple present ordinates, present participle ordinating, simple past and past participle ordinated)
(transitive) to ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop
(transitive) to align a series of objects
ordinate (comparative more ordinate, superlative most ordinate)
arranged regularly in rows; orderly; disposed or arranged in an orderly or regular fashion.
• andorite, arointed, nadorite, rationed
Source: Wiktionary
Or"di*nate, a. Etym: [L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare. See Ordain.]
Definition: Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical. "A life blissful and ordinate." Chaucer. Ordinate figure (Math.), a figure whose sides and angles are equal; a regular figure.
Or"di*nate, n. (Geom.)
Definition: The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line parallel to it, from another line called the axis of abscissas, on which the corresponding abscissa of the point is measured.
Note: The ordinate and abscissa, taken together, are called coördinates, and define the position of the point with reference to the two axes named, the intersection of which is called the origin of coördinates. See Coordinate.
Or"di*nate, v. t.
Definition: To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
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