
Word: Ordination
How to pronounce: ɔːdɪˈneɪʃn
Noun
Definitions:
1. The action of ordaining or conferring holy orders on someone.
Example sentences: "The ordination of women"
2. A statistical technique in which data from a large number of sites or populations are represented as points in a two- or three-dimensional coordinate frame.
Example sentences: "A non-metric multidimensional scaling ordination identified two gradients of species replacement distinguished by differences in forest canopy species and groundcover."
Synonyms:
initiation
consecration
coordination
Derivations:
ordinance
ordinal
ordinary
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Ordination in Other Languages...
Spanish: Ordenación
German: Ordination
French: Ordination
Italian: Ordinazione
Turkish: Sınıflandırma