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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
|
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
|