Ordinate
Or´di`nate
| a. | 1. | Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical.
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| n. | 1. | (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. | |||
| v. t. | 1. | To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. | |||
| Noun | 1. |  ordinate - the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis |
| Verb | 1. | ordinate - appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church" |
| 2. | ordinate - bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts" Synonyms: align, coordinate |
| (mathematics) | 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. |