different between ordinate vs ordinal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ordino, ordinatus. Doublet of ordain.

Pronunciation

• (noun, adjective) IPA^(key): /???(?)d?n?t/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /???(?)d?ne?t/

Noun

ordinate (plural ordinates)

1. (geometry) The second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.

   The point ${\displaystyle (3,2)}$ has 3 as its abscissa and 2 as its ordinate.

2. (geometry) The vertical line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the ordinate (sense above) is shown.

Hypernyms

• (second of two coordinates): coordinate
• (vertical line): axis

Coordinate terms

• abscissa

Related terms

• order

Translations

See also

• abscissa

Verb

ordinate (third-person singular simple present ordinates, present participle ordinating, simple past and past participle ordinated)

1. (transitive) to ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop
2. (transitive) to align a series of objects

Translations

Adjective

ordinate (comparative more ordinate, superlative most ordinate)

1. arranged regularly in rows; orderly; disposed or arranged in an orderly or regular fashion.

Translations

See also

• inordinate

Anagrams

• andorite, arointed, deration, nadorite, rationed

Italian

Noun

ordinate f

1. plural of ordinata

Adjective

ordinate f pl

1. feminine plural of ordinato

Verb

ordinate

1. second-person plural present of ordinare
2. second-person plural present subjunctive of ordinare
3. second-person plural imperative of ordinare
4. feminine plural past participle of ordinare

Anagrams

• dentario
• indorate
• ridonate

Latin

Participle

?rdin?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?rdin?tus

References

• ordinate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ordinate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?rdin?lis, adjective formed from noun ?rd? (“order”), + adjective suffix -?lis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???(?).d?.n?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????d.n?l/

Adjective

ordinal (not comparable)

1. (mathematics, of a number) Indicating position in a sequence.
2. (taxonomy) Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of order.
3. (nautical) Intercardinal.

Coordinate terms

• nominal, cardinal, interval, ratio

Derived terms

• interordinal
• ordinal direction
• ordinal number
• ordinal numeral
• supraordinal, superordinal

Related terms

• ordinate

Translations

See also

• ordinal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Level of measurement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

ordinal (plural ordinals)

1. An ordinal number such as first, second and third.

   The most common numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals"...and the "ordinals"... — F. M. Wheelock, Wheelock’s Latin, 6th ed. revised (2005), p97

2. A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services

Translations

Anagrams

• Arnoldi, Lorinda, Rodinal, nail rod

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ordinalis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ordinal (feminine singular ordinale, masculine plural ordinaux, feminine plural ordinales)

1. ordinal

Related terms

• ordinaire
• ordonner
• ordre

Descendants

• ? Romanian: ordinal

Further reading

• “ordinal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ordinalis.

Adjective

ordinal m or f (plural ordinais, comparable)

1. ordinal (indicating position in a numerical sequence)

Related terms

• ordem
• ordenar

Romanian

Etymology

From French ordinal

Adjective

ordinal m or n (feminine singular ordinal?, masculine plural ordinali, feminine and neuter plural ordinale)

1. ordinal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ordinalis.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

ordinal (plural ordinales)

1. ordinal

Derived terms

Related terms

• orden
• ordenar