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Webster 1913 Edition


Ordinate

Or′di-nate

,
Adj.
[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.

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.
To appoint. [Not used.]

OR'DINATE

,
Adj.
[L. ordinatus.] Regular; methodical. An ordinate figure is one whose sides and angles are equal.

OR'DINATE

,
Noun.
In geometry and conic sections, a line drawn from any point of the circumference of an ellipsis or other conic section, perpendicularly across the axis to the other side.
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 2024


Ordinate

Ordinate

See also: ordinate

German

Noun

Ordinate f (genitive Ordinate, plural Ordinaten)

  1. ordinate (the value of a coordinate on the vertical (Y) axis)

Declension

ordinate

ordinate

See also: Ordinate

English

Noun

ordinate (plural ordinates)

  1. (mathematics) the value of a coordinate on the vertical (Y) axis

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Verb

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

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

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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.

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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

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Latin

Participle

ōrdināte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ōrdinātus

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