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# ordinate

noun (an ordinate, ordinates)

«ordinate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(maths) The y-coordinate of a point on a graph: how far up or down the point is from the x-axis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinate/#m1)

### In the lessons

A maths word for graphs and coordinates: in the point (3, 5), 3 is the x-coordinate (abscissa) and 5 is the ordinate. In everyday school maths people mostly say "y-coordinate".

### Examples

- In the point (2, 7), the ordinate is 7. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinate/#x1)
- The ordinate tells you how far up the point is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinate/#x2)
- Points on the x-axis have an ordinate of zero. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinate/#x3)
- Read the ordinate from the vertical axis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinate/#x4)
- If the ordinate is negative, the point is below the x-axis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinate/#x5)
- The abscissa comes first, then the ordinate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinate/#x6)

### Note

Technical maths word. Memory trick: x comes first ("along the corridor"), then y ("up the stairs"). The other coordinate is the "abscissa". Not the same as "ordinary" or "coordinate" as a whole pair.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ordinate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordinate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ordinate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ordinate.html) on Mova free.