Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ordinate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ordinate \Or"di*nate\, a. [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ordinate \Or"di*nate\, 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["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. See
{Coordinate}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ordinate \Or"di*nate\, v. t.
To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. --Bp. Hall.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ordinate
n : the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis
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