 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ordinate
noun: the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis
verb
1: appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
[syn: {ordain}, {consecrate}, {order}]
2: bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable
coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car";
"ordinate similar parts" [syn: {align}, {coordinate}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ordinate \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.
Note: The ordinate and abscissa, taken together, are called
co["o]rdinates, and define the position of the point
with reference to the two axes named, the intersection
of which is called the origin of co["o]rdinates. In a
typical two-dimensional plot, viewed on a plane graph
in its normal orientation with perpendicular axes, the
ordinate is the vertical axis; when the axes are
labeled as x and y, it is the y-axis. See {Coordinate}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ordinate \Or"di*nate\, verb (used with an object)
To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. --Bp. Hall.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ordinate \Or"di*nate\, adjective [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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
ordinate
The y-coordinate on an (x,y) graph; the output
of a function plotted against its input.
x is the "{abscissa}".
See {Cartesian coordinates}.
(1997-07-08)
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