ordinate

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Synonyms: ordinale, ordinato, ordinary, ornate, ordinance, coordinate, ordinal, inordinate, ordinant, ordinator, ruinate

Antonyms: ordinale, ordinato, ordinary, ornate, ordinance, coordinate, ordinal, inordinate, ordinant, ordinator, ruinate

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Noun

{{lb|en|geometry}} The second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed [[rectilinear]] [[coordinate]] (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
{{lb|en|geometry}} The vertical line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the ordinate (sense above) is shown.

{{lb|en|transitive}} To [[align]] a [[series]] of [[object]]s.
{{lb|en|transitive|uncommon}} To [[ordain]] a [[priest]], or [[consecrate]] a [[bishop]]. {{defdate|from 1508}}
{{lb|en|transitive|now <<rare>>}} To [[order]] or [[regulate]]; to [[control]], [[govern]], or [[direct]]. {{defdate|from 1595}}
{{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[institute]], [[establish]]; to [[ordain]]; to [[predestine]]. {{defdate|1555–1850}}
{{lb|en|transitive|statistics|ecology}} To [[subject#Verb|subject]] to the mathematical operation of [[ordination]]. {{defdate|from 1962}}
{{lb|en|obsolete}} {{infl of|en|ordinate#Verb||past|part}} {{defdate|c. 1425-1649}}

{{lb|en|<<rare>> after the 17th c.|of someone}} [[observant|Observant]] of [[order]], keeping within set [[limit]]s; [[moderate]], [[temperate]] {{defdate|from c. 1395}}
{{lb|en|obsolete|of things}} Conforming to [[order]] or [[rule]], [[ordered]], [[regulated]], [[regular]], [[orderly]]. {{defdate|c. 1398-1668}}
{{lb|en|entomology|rare}} [[arranged|Arranged]] [[regularly]] in a [[row]] or rows. {{defdate|from 1826}}
{{lb|en|geometry|obsolete}} Of a [[figure]]: having all its [[side]]s and [[angle]]s equal. {{defdate|1590-1702}}
{{lb|en|mathematics|obsolete|only in Euclid translations}} Relating to an ordered series of [[ratios]]. {{defdate|1570-1862}}

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