ordinate
Americannoun
noun
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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.
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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
Of isoperimetralls homogenealls that which is most ordinate, is greatest: Of ordinate isoperimetralls heterogenealls, that is greatest, which hath most bounds.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
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