Sekirov Dictionary

ordinate

/ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪnət/

adjective5

  1. (rare) Arranged regularly in a row or rows.
  2. (rare) Observant of order, keeping within set limits; moderate, temperate
  3. (no longer used) Conforming to order or rule, ordered, regulated, regular, orderly.
  4. (no longer used) Of a figure: having all its sides and angles equal.
  5. (no longer used) Relating to an ordered series of ratios.

noun2

  1. The second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
  2. The vertical line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the ordinate (sense above) is shown.
ordinate
/ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪneɪt/

verb5

  1. To align a series of objects.
  2. To ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop.
  3. To subject to the mathematical operation of ordination.
  4. (no longer used) To order or regulate; to control, govern, or direct.
  5. (no longer used) To institute, establish; to ordain; to predestine.
forms

ordinated · ordinating · ordinates · more ordinate · most ordinate

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