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
- 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
- abut
- adjoin
- adjure
- align
- allineate
- appoint
- array
- authorize
- ban
- bar
- beckon
- bid
- bound
- butt against
- call
- call for
- call on
- call the signals
- call upon
- charge
- check
- cite
- communicate
- compel
- crease
- cut
- debar
- delineate
- dictate
- direct
- draw
- edge
- enact
- enjoin
- exact
- fix
- follow
- forbid
- force upon
- fringe
- furrow
- give directions
- give orders
- grant
- group
- impose
- inflict
- inhibit
- inscribe
- instruct
- interdict
- join
- lay down the law
- line up
- march
- mark out
- marshal
- neighbor
- oblige
- ordain
- order
- ordinate
- outline
- place
- proclaim
- prohibit
- put foot down
- queue
- range
- rank
- require
- requisition
- restrain
- rim
- rule
- rule out
- score
- send for
- set
- skirt
- subpoena
- summon
- take charge
- take lead
- task
- tell
- touch
- trace
- underline
- verge
- warn
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