English Explanatory Dictionary

ordinate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
  2. The vertical line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the ordinate (sense above) is shown.
verb
  1. To align a series of objects.
  2. To ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop.
  3. To order or regulate; to control, govern, or direct.
  4. To institute, establish; to ordain; to predestine.
  5. To subject to the mathematical operation of ordination.
  6. past participle of ordinate
adj
  1. Observant of order, keeping within set limits; moderate, temperate
  2. Conforming to order or rule, ordered, regulated, regular, orderly.
  3. Arranged regularly in a row or rows.
  4. Of a figure: having all its sides and angles equal.
  5. Relating to an ordered series of ratios.

Pronunciation

/ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪnət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ordinate.wav /ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪneɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ordinate2.wav

Word forms

ordinate ordinates ordinating ordinated more ordinate most ordinate

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.

Synonyms

ordain tidy orderly regular

Related words

ordination inordinate

Derived words

foreordinate disordinate ordinate axis ordinate dimension ordinately semiordinate unordinate

Translations

Armenian: օրդինատ Azerbaijani: ordinat Bulgarian: ордина́та Catalan: ordenada Chinese Mandarin: 縱坐標 /纵坐标 Dutch: ordinaat Finnish: ordinaatta French: ordonnée German: Ordinate Greek: τεταγμένη Italian: ordinata Japanese: 縦座標 Polish: rzędna Portuguese: ordenada Russian: ордина́та Spanish: ordenada Tagalog: tayuwat Vietnamese: tung độ
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