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Webster 1913 Edition
Ordinate
Or′di-nate
,Adj.
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
,Noun.
(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.
Or′di-nate
,Verb.
T.
To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize.
Bp. Hall.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ordinate
OR'DINATE
,Verb.
T.
OR'DINATE
,Adj.
OR'DINATE
,Noun.
An ordinate is a line drawn perpendicular to the axis of a curve and terminating the curvilinear space.
Ordinates of a curve, right lines parallel to one another, terminated by the curve, and bisected by a right line called the diameter.
Definition 2025
Ordinate
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English
Noun
ordinate (plural ordinates)
- (mathematics) the value of a coordinate on the vertical (Y) axis
Translations
y coordinate
See also
Verb
ordinate (third-person singular simple present ordinates, present participle ordinating, simple past and past participle ordinated)
Translations
Adjective
ordinate (comparative more ordinate, superlative most ordinate)
Translations
arranged regularly in rows; orderly; disposed or arranged in an orderly or regular fashion.
See also
Anagrams
Italian
Noun
ordinate f
- plural of ordinata
Adjective
ordinate f pl
- feminine plural of ordinato
Verb
ordinate
- second-person plural present of ordinare
- second-person plural present subjunctive of ordinare
- second-person plural imperative of ordinare
- feminine plural past participle of ordinare
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
ōrdināte
- vocative masculine singular of ōrdinātus
References
- ordinate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ordinate”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.