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ordinate
[ awr-dn-it, -eyt ]
noun
- Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
ordinate
/ ˈɔːɪɪ /
noun
- the vertical or y -coordinate of a point in a two-dimensional system of Cartesian coordinates Compare abscissa See also Cartesian coordinates
ordinate
/ ô′-ĭ /
- 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.
- Compare abscissa
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How does ordinate compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:
Example Sentences
“Would it be in an ordinate amount, you know, something crazy? No, it’s not going to be that.”
The Catholic Church does not ordinate women as priests.
This new debate only focuses on the Amazon region, and would definitely not open any doors for already ordinated priests to take a spouse.
“He doesn’t know much. We do a good job of sheltering him, but it’s been hard. And there’s an ordinate amount of fear that goes with that.”
By the end of the day, the sand is crisscrossed with a mesh of ordinates, abscissas, curves to account for everything in nature.
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