ordinate

1. a. Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical. Source: opted

2. n. The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line parallel to it, from another line called the axis of abscissas, on which the corresponding abscissa of the point is measured. Source: opted

3. v. t. To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. Source: opted

4. n. the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis Source: wordnet

5. v. appoint to a clerical posts Source: wordnet

6. v. bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation Source: wordnet

7. Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical. "A life blissful and ordinate." Chaucer. Ordinate figure (Math.), a figure whose sides and angles are equal; a regular figure. The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line parallel to it, from another line called the axis of abscissas, on which the corresponding abscissa of the point is measured. Note: The ordinate and abscissa, taken together, are called coördinates, and define the position of the point with reference to the two axes named, the intersection of which is called the origin of coördinates. See Coordinate. To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. Bp. Hall. Source: webster

8. Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical. "A life blissfuland ordinate." Chaucer. Ordinate figure (Math.), a figure whose sidesand angles are equal; a regular figure. Source: adambom

9. n. the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis Source: ecdict

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