different between ordinate vs subtangent

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

sub- +? tangent

Noun

subtangent (plural subtangents)

1. (geometry) The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve.