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ordinate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪnət/

Etymology

Partly inherited from Middle English ordinat(e) (adjective and participle), partly directly borrowed from Latin ōrdinātus, perfect passive participle of ōrdinō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Doublet of ordain. Sense 5 of the verb is from a back-formation from ordination.

Meanings

1. (after the 17th c., of someone, rare) Observant of order, keeping within set limits; moderate, temperate
2. (obsolete, of things) Conforming to order or rule, ordered, regulated, regular, orderly.
   • ordinate power
3. (rare) Arranged regularly in a row or rows.
4. (obsolete) Of a figure: having all its sides and angles equal.
5. (in Euclid translations, obsolete) Relating to an ordered series of ratios.
   • ordinate proportionality; ordinate proportion

Forms

Deriveds

unordinate · ordinate axis · disordinate · semiordinate · ordinate dimension · ordinately

Relateds

inordinate

Synonyms

orderly · tidy · regular

Translations (3)

nb ordnet (arranged regularly in rows; orderly; disposed or arranged in an orderly or regular fashion.) · es ordenado (arranged regularly in rows; orderly; disposed or arranged in an orderly or regular fashion.) · bg подреде́н (arranged regularly in rows; orderly; disposed or arranged in an orderly or regular fashion.)

ordinate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪnət/

Etymology

Partly inherited from Middle English ordinat(e) (adjective and participle), partly directly borrowed from Latin ōrdinātus, perfect passive participle of ōrdinō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Doublet of ordain. Sense 5 of the verb is from a back-formation from ordination.

Meanings

1. The second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
   • Coordinate term: abscissa
   • The point (3,2) has 3 as its abscissa and 2 as its ordinate.
2. The vertical line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the ordinate (sense above) is shown.

Forms

Hypernyms

axis · coordinate

Translations (22)

nl ordinaat (y coordinate; second of two coordinates) · bg ордина́та (y coordinate; second of two coordinates) · it ordinata (y coordinate; second of two coordinates) · cmn 縱坐標 /纵坐标 (y coordinate; second of two coordinates) · pl rzędna (vertical axis) · az ordinat (y coordinate; second of two coordinates) · hy օրդինատ (y coordinate; second of two coordinates) · fi ordinaatta (y coordinate; second of two coordinates) · pl rzędna (y coordinate; second of two coordinates) · ca ordenada (y coordinate; second of two coordinates) · pt ordenada (y coordinate; second of two coordinates) · es ordenada (y coordinate; second of two coordinates) · ja 縦座標 (y coordinate; second of two coordinates) · el τεταγμένη (y coordinate; second of two coordinates) · de Hochachse (vertical axis) · fr ordonnée (y coordinate; second of two coordinates) · vi tung độ (y coordinate; second of two coordinates) · tl tayuwat (y coordinate; second of two coordinates) · ru ордина́та (y coordinate; second of two coordinates) · de Ordinate (y coordinate; second of two coordinates) · ja 縦軸 (vertical axis) · bg ордина́та f ордина́тна ос (vertical axis)

ordinate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪneɪt/

Etymology

Partly inherited from Middle English ordinat(e) (adjective and participle), partly directly borrowed from Latin ōrdinātus, perfect passive participle of ōrdinō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Doublet of ordain. Sense 5 of the verb is from a back-formation from ordination.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To align a series of objects.
2. (transitive, uncommon) To ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop.
3. (archaic, transitive) To order or regulate; to control, govern, or direct.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To institute, establish; to ordain; to predestine.
5. (transitive) To subject to the mathematical operation of ordination.
6. (form-of, obsolete, participle, past) past participle of ordinate
   form of ordinate

Forms

Deriveds

foreordinate

Relateds

ordination

Synonyms

ordain

Translations (12)

pl równać (to align a series of objects) · pl wyświęcić (to ordain a priest or consecrate a bishop) · es alinear (to align a series of objects) · es ordenar (to ordain a priest or consecrate a bishop) · bg ръкопола́гам (to ordain a priest or consecrate a bishop) · pl święcić (to ordain a priest or consecrate a bishop) · nb ordinere (to ordain a priest or consecrate a bishop) · es ordinar (to ordain a priest or consecrate a bishop) · es tonsurar (to ordain a priest or consecrate a bishop) · he הִסְמִיךְ (to ordain a priest or consecrate a bishop) · pl wyrównać (to align a series of objects) · nb ordne (to align a series of objects)