Antonyms for ordinate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : awr-dn-it, -eyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr dnˌɪt, -ˌeɪt


Definition of ordinate

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Latin ordinatus, past participle of ordinare "arrange, set in order" (see ordain). Related: Ordinately.
  • As in line : verb border, mark
  • As in command : verb demand
Example sentences :
  • The position MX on the ordinate marks the beginning of the second period.
  • Extract from : « Essay on the Creative Imagination » by Th. Ribot
  • Of three angles of an ordinate quinquangle, is made the angle of a Dodecahedrum.
  • Extract from : « The Way To Geometry » by Peter Ramus
  • This upper branch of the curve is not shown in the figure, as the ordinate corresponding to 30 would be very great.
  • Extract from : « The Phase Rule and Its Applications » by Alexander Findlay
  • The ordinate is the correction to be added to the observed reading to reduce to a uniform scale.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 » by Various
  • A curve is thus obtained, the ordinate representing growth elongation and the abscissa the time.
  • Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
  • A Thermo-crescent Curve is thus obtained, the ordinate of which represents increment of growth, and the abscissa, the time.
  • Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
  • The ordinate of the curve represents the intensity of response, and the abscissa the time (fig. 1).
  • Extract from : « Response in the Living and Non-Living » by Jagadis Chunder Bose
  • The ordinate in these curves represents the E.M. variation, and the abscissa the time.
  • Extract from : « Response in the Living and Non-Living » by Jagadis Chunder Bose
  • The abscissa and the ordinate do not measure commensurable units.
  • Extract from : « The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays » by Thorstein Veblen
  • Or in other words, each inch in the height of the ordinate represents 30 lbs.
  • Extract from : « Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II » by Joshua Rose

Synonyms for ordinate

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