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ordinate

American  
[awr-dn-it, -eyt] / ˈɔr dnˌɪt, -ˌeɪt /

noun

  1. Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.

ordinate British  
/ ˈɔːdɪnɪt /

noun

  1. the vertical or y -coordinate of a point in a two-dimensional system of Cartesian coordinates Compare abscissa See also Cartesian coordinates

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ordinate Scientific  
/ ôr′dn-ĭt /

  1. The distance of a point from the x-axis on a graph in the Cartesian coordinate system. It is measured parallel to the y-axis. For example, a point having coordinates (2,3) has 3 as its ordinate.

  2. Compare abscissa

Etymology

Origin of ordinate

1670–80; extracted from New Latin ( līnea ) ordināte ( applicāta ) (line applied) in order; ordināte (adv.), derivative of Latin ordinātus arranged. See ordination

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“Would it be in an ordinate amount, you know, something crazy? No, it’s not going to be that.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022

A good-sized portion of our Lower 48 sits smack-dab in the center of that not-so sweet ordinate zone.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2021

The Ki value reported24 from purified product samples generated on a 500-times-larger reaction scale is shown on the ordinate.

From Nature • Apr. 22, 2018

Before the President set out for Hawaii he "borrowed" Richberg from NRA and made him temporary head of the National Emergency Council to develop and co ordinate the New Deal's recovery pro gram.

From Time Magazine Archive

Et hoc quidem contingit secundum quod aliqua non habentia secundum se ordinem, ordinate intelliguntur; licet intellectus non intelligit ea habere ordinem, quia sic esset falsus.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

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