Ordinate Definition

ôrdn-ĭt, -āt
ordinates
adjective
Arranged in regular rows, as the spots on the wings of an insect.
American Heritage
noun
ordinates
The vertical Cartesian coordinate on a plane, measured from the x-axis along a line parallel with the y-axis to point P.
Webster's New World

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

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verb
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Other Word Forms of Ordinate

Noun

Singular:
ordinate
Plural:
ordinates

Origin of Ordinate

  • Middle English properly ordered from Latin ōrdinātus past participle of ōrdināre to set in order from ōrdō ōrdin- order ar- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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