From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ordinate \Or"di*nate\, noun (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["o]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["o]rdinates. In a typical two-dimensional plot, viewed on a plane graph in its normal orientation with perpendicular axes, the ordinate is the vertical axis; when the axes are labeled as x and y, it is the y-axis. See {Coordinate}. [1913 Webster +PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ordinate \Or"di*nate\, verb (used with an object) To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. --Bp. Hall.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ordinate \Or"di*nate\, adjective [L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare. See {Ordain}.] 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis
verb
1: appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church" [syn: {ordain}, {consecrate}, {order}]
2: bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts" [syn: {align}, {coordinate}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [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)
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