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Definition of Ordinate

Ordinate
Ordinate Or"di*nate, a. [L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare. See Ordain.] Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical. ``A life blissful and ordinate.' --Chaucer. Ordinate figure (Math.), a figure whose sides and angles are equal; a regular figure.
Ordinate
Ordinate Or"di*nate, n. (Geom.) The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line parallel to it, from another line called the axis of abscissas, on which the corresponding abscissa of the point is measured. Note: The ordinate and abscissa, taken together, are called co["o]rdinates, and define the position of the point with reference to the two axes named, the intersection of which is called the origin of co["o]rdinates. See Coordinate.
Ordinate
Ordinate Or"di*nate, v. t. To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. --Bp. Hall.

Meaning of Ordinate from wikipedia

- In common usage, the abscissa refers to the x coordinate and the ordinate refers to the y coordinate of a standard two-dimensional graph. The distance...
- is negative − and the ordinate is positive +), III (where both the abscissa and the ordinate are −), and IV (abscissa +, ordinate −). When the axes are...
- H-function and Chandrasekhar's X- and Y-functions. The method of discrete ordinates, or the Sn method, is one way to approximately solve the RTE by discretizing...
- reference system required GPS measurements to be "translated" (using co-ordinate transformations). The more precise the GPS measurements were, the more...
- descriptions of cartographic materials and spatial data. Geographical co-ordinates. ICA Commission on Map Projections. The pair had accurate absolute distances...
- The Azimuth Co-ordinator was the first panning control for a quadraphonic sound system, at that time a new concept. Pink Floyd became the first band to...
- In geometry, a coordinate system is a system that uses one or more numbers, or coordinates, to uniquely determine the position of the points or other geometric...
- The National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee (NICOC) is the organisation responsible for co-ordinating the actions and activities of all of South...
- In geometry, Plücker coordinates, introduced by Julius Plücker in the 19th century, are a way to ****ign six homogeneous coordinates to each line in projective...
- In mathematics, a Riemann sum is a certain kind of approximation of an integral by a finite sum. It is named after nineteenth century German mathematician...