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5 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: ordinate n : the value of a coordinate on the y-axis From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: ordinateThe 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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