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English Dictionary: ordinate	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for ordinate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ordinate n the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis v appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church" Synonym(s): ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts" Synonym(s): align, ordinate, coordinate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ordinate \Or"di*nate\, v. t. To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ordinate \Or"dinate\, a. [L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare. See {Ordain}.] Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical. [bd]A life blissful and ordinate.[b8] --Chaucer. {Ordinate* figure} (Math.), a figure whose sides and angles are equal; a regular figure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ordinate \Or"dinate\, n. (Geom.) 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 co[94]rdinates, and define the position of the point with reference to the two axes named, the intersection of which is called the origin of co[94]rdinates. See {Coordinate}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ordinate The y-coordinate on an (x,y) graph; the output of a function plotted against its input. x is the "{abscissa}". See {Cartesian coordinates}. (1997-07-08)