Ordinate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Arranged in regular rows, as the spots on the wings of an insect.
  • n. The plane Cartesian coordinate representing the distance from a specified point to the x-axis, measured parallel to the y-axis.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the value of a coordinate on the vertical (Y) axis
  • v. to ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop
  • v. to align a series of objects
  • adj. arranged regularly in rows; orderly; disposed or arranged in an orderly or regular fashion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. 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. To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Regular.
  • Well-regulated; orderly; proper; due.
  • In entomology, placed in one or more regular rows: as, ordinate spines, punctures, spots, etc.
  • n. In analytical geometry, a line used to determine the position of a point in space, drawn from the point to the axis of abscissas and parallel to the axis of ordinates. See abscissa, and Cartesian coördinates (under Cartesian).
  • To ordain; appoint.
  • To direct; dispose.
  • n. Any one of a set of parallel chords of a conic in relation to the diameter bisecting them. What in this sense was called semiordinate is now usually called ordinate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation
  • v. appoint to a clerical posts
  • n. the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis
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    well-ordered    orderly    regular    methodical    harmonize   
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