the vertical or y-coordinate of a point in a two-dimensional system of Cartesian coordinates
Compare abscissa
See also Cartesian coordinates
- a less common word for ordain
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or•di•nate
(ôr′dn it′, -āt′),USA pronunciation n.
- Mathematics(in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis. Cf. abscissa.
- 1670–80; extracted from Neo-Latin (līnea) ordināte (applicāta) (line applied) in order; ordināte (adverb, adverbial), derivative of Latin ordinātus arranged. See ordination
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'ordinate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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- inordinate
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- sine curve
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- tangent
- x-axis
- y-axis