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ordinating

ordinating is the present participle and gerund of ordinate.

Meaning of ordinate

Verb

ordinate (third-person singular simple present ordinates, present participle ordinating, simple past and past participle ordinated)

  1. (transitive) To align a series of objects.
  2. (transitive, uncommon) To ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop.
    Synonyms:
    ordain
  3. (archaic, transitive) To order or regulate; to control, govern, or direct.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To institute, establish; to ordain; to predestine.
  5. (transitive) To subject to the mathematical operation of ordination.

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Questions about ordinating

What is ordinating the present participle and gerund of?
Ordinating is the present participle and gerund of ordinate.

Words near ordinating in the dictionary

  1. ordinate dimensioning
  2. ordinate dimensions
  3. ordinated
  4. ordinately
  5. ordinates
  6. ordinating
  7. ordination
  8. ordination hall
  9. ordination mill
  10. ordination mills
  11. ordinations

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