Word Meaning

ordinate definition and meaning

a. Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical.
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.
v. t. To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize.