What is Ordinate

Ordinate is the value of the Y coordinate on a coordinate plane.

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Ordinate is the value of the Y axis on a coordinate plane.

In a coordinate plane, the Ordinate is the Y coordinate of a point.

The Vertical line is called the Y axis.

The distance of a point from the X axis is called its Y coordinate or Ordinate.

The Ordinate always comes second, in an ordered pair.

In above figure ordered pair of point P is (3, 2)
The Ordinate of point P (3, 2) is 2.

The Ordinate of ordered pair (3, 4) is 4.

The Ordinate of ordered pair (5, 3) is 3.