How to pronounce “ordinate”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (geometry) The second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
• (geometry) The vertical line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the ordinate (sense above) is shown.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To align a series of objects.
• (transitive, uncommon) To ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop. [from 1508]
• (transitive, now rare) To order or regulate; to control, govern, or direct. [from 1595]
• (transitive, obsolete) To institute, establish; to ordain; to predestine. [1555–1850]
• (transitive, statistics, ecology) To subject to the mathematical operation of ordination. [from 1962]
• (obsolete) past participle of ordinate [c. 1425-1649]
• [Adjective]
• (rare after the 17th c., of someone) Observant of order, keeping within set limits; moderate, temperate [from c. 1395]
• (obsolete, of things) Conforming to order or rule, ordered, regulated, regular, orderly. [c. 1398-1668]
• (entomology, rare) Arranged regularly in a row or rows. [from 1826]
• (geometry, obsolete) Of a figure: having all its sides and angles equal. [1590-1702]
• (mathematics, obsolete, only in Euclid translations) Relating to an ordered series of ratios. [1570-1862]

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