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or·di·nate 
[awr-dn-it, -eyt] Pronunciation Key
[awr-dn-it, -eyt] Pronunciation Key –noun
| Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis. |
Compare abscissa.
[Origin: 1670–80; extracted from NL (līnea) ordināte (applicāta) (line applied) in order; ordināte (adv.), deriv. of L ordinātus arranged. See ordination]
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| or·di·nate
(ôr'dn-ĭt, -āt') Pronunciation Key
adj. Arranged in regular rows, as the spots on the wings of an insect. n. Symbol y The plane Cartesian coordinate representing the distance from a specified point to the x-axis, measured parallel to the y-axis. [Middle English, properly ordered, from Latin ōrdinātus, past participle of ōrdināre, to set in order, from ōrdō, ōrdin-, order; see ar- in Indo-European roots.] |
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| ordinate | |
noun | |
| 1. | the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis |
verb | |
| 1. | appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church" [syn: ordain] |
| 2. | bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts" [syn: align] |
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| ordinate
(ôr'dn-ĭt) Pronunciation Key
The distance of a point from the x-axis on a graph in the Cartesian coordinate system. It is measured parallel to the y-axis. For example, a point having coordinates (2,3) has 3 as its ordinate. Compare abscissa.
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ordinate or·di·nate (ôr'dn-ĭt, -āt')
n.
The plane Cartesian coordinate representing the distance from a specified point to the x-axis, measured parallel to the y-axis.
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ordinate mathematics
The y-coordinate on an (x,y) graph; the output of a function plotted against its input.
x is the "abscissa".
See Cartesian coordinates.
(1997-07-08)
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Ordinate
Or"di*nate\, a. [L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare. See Ordain.] 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.
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Ordinate
Or"di*nate\, n. (Geom.) 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 co["o]rdinates, and define the position of the point with reference to the two axes named, the intersection of which is called the origin of co["o]rdinates. See Coordinate.
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Ordinate
Or"di*nate\, v. t. To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. --Bp. Hall.
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