different between ordinate vs ordinately

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

ordinate +? -ly

Adverb

ordinately (comparative more ordinately, superlative most ordinately)

1. In an ordinate manner; regular; orderly.
   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 54:

     "... as if it be but exactly round (as there are abundance of such stones found betwixt two hills in Cuba, an Island of America) or ordinately Quinquangular, or have the sides but Parallel, though the Angles be unequal, as is seen in some little stones, and in a kind of Alabaster found here in England; these stones, I say, gratifie our sight, as having a nearer cognation with the Soul of Man, that is Rational and Intellectual, and therefore is well pleased when it meets with any outward Object that fits and agrees with those congenite Ideas her own nature is furnished with."