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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːdənət/ (noun)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɹ.dənɪt/ (noun)

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 abscissa is also known as the "x" coordinate of a point, shown on the horizontal line, with the ordinate, also known as the "y" coordinate, shown on the vertical line.

   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.

Related terms

• order

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
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• Greek: τεταγμένη (el) f (tetagméni)
• Portuguese: ordenada (pt) f
• Russian: ордина́та (ru) f (ordináta)
• Spanish: ordenada (es) f
• Tagalog: tayuwat
• Vietnamese: tung độ (vi)

vertical axis

• German: Hochachse f
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See also

• abscissa

Verb

1. (transitive) to ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop
2. (transitive) to align a series of objects

Translations

to ordain a priest or consecrate a bishop

• Spanish: ordenar (es)
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to align a series of objects

• Spanish: alinear (es)
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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.

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

See also

• inordinate

Anagrams

• andorite, arointed, nadorite, rationed

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Italian

Noun

ordinate f

1. plural of ordinata

Adjective

ordinate f pl

1. feminine plural of ordinato

Verb

ordinate

1. second-person plural present of ordinare
2. second-person plural present subjunctive of ordinare
3. second-person plural imperative of ordinare
4. feminine plural past participle of ordinare

Anagrams

• dentario
• indorate
• ridonate

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) 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.