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ordinate
[ awr-dn-it, -eyt ]
noun
- Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
ordinate
/ ˈɔːdɪnɪt /
noun
- the vertical or y -coordinate of a point in a two-dimensional system of Cartesian coordinates Compare abscissa See also Cartesian coordinates
ordinate
/ ôr′dn-ĭt /
- 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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Example Sentences
He tried to think, tried to co-ordinate events, tried to understand the true bearings of the situation.
We are not asking for the restoration of a co-ordinate Parliament such as Ireland had before the Union.
The ministry of reconciliation and the Church at large are co-ordinate.
It seems most probable that the other is co-ordinate with this, so that both are in a sense the evidence for the main proposition.
Meanwhile something might be done to co-ordinate spasmodic and voluntary effort.
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