ordinate

See also: Ordinate

English

A point in the Cartesian plane; y is the ordinate.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ordino, ordinatus. Doublet of ordain.

Pronunciation

• (noun, adjective) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪnət/

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• (verb) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪneɪt/

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Noun

ordinate (plural ordinates)

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.

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

2. (geometry) The vertical line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the ordinate (sense above) is shown.

Hypernyms

• (second of two coordinates): coordinate
• (vertical line): axis

Coordinate terms

• abscissa

Related terms

• ordain
• order
• ordinal
• ordinance, ordnance
• ordinary
• ordinate
• ordination
• ordo

 

With prefixes

• coordinate, coordination
• foreordination
• insubordination
• postordination
• preordination
• reordination
• subordinate, subordination
• subordination
• superordination

 

Translations

y coordinate; second of two coordinates

• Armenian: օրդինատ (hy) (ōrdinat)
• Catalan: ordenada (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 纵坐标 (zòngzuòbiāo)

• Finnish: ordinaatta (fi)
• French: ordonnée (fr) f
• German: Ordinate (de) f
• Greek: τεταγμένη (el) f (tetagméni)
• Italian: ordinata (it)
• Portuguese: ordenada (pt) f
• Russian: ордина́та (ru) f (ordináta)
• Spanish: ordenada (es) f
• Tagalog: tayuwat
• Vietnamese: tung độ (vi)

vertical axis

• Bulgarian: ординатна ос f (ordinatna os)
• German: Hochachse f

See also

• abscissa

Verb

ordinate (third-person singular simple present ordinates, present participle ordinating, simple past and past participle ordinated)

1. (transitive, uncommon) to ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop

   Synonym: (much more common) ordain

2. (transitive) to align a series of objects

Translations

to ordain a priest or consecrate a bishop

• Bulgarian: ръкополагам (bg) (rǎkopolagam)
• Hebrew: הִסְמִיךְ‎ (hismích)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ordinere

• Spanish: ordenar (es)

to align a series of objects

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ordne (no)

• Spanish: alinear (es)

Adjective

ordinate (comparative more ordinate, superlative most ordinate)

1. arranged regularly in rows; orderly; disposed or arranged in an orderly or regular fashion.

Translations

arranged regularly in rows; orderly; disposed or arranged in an orderly or regular fashion.

• Bulgarian: подреден (bg) (podreden)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ordnet

• Spanish: ordenado (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} ordenada (ca)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} ordinat (id)

See also

• inordinate

Anagrams

• andorite, arointed, deration, nadorite, rationed, read into

Italian

Noun

ordinate f

1. plural of ordinata

Adjective

ordinate f pl

1. feminine plural of ordinato

Verb

ordinate

1. inflection of ordinare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative
   3. feminine plural past participle

Anagrams

• dentario, indorate, iterando, nodriate, ridonate, trenodia

Latin

Participle

ōrdināte

1. vocative masculine singular of ōrdinātus

References

• “ordinate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ordinate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette