ordinate(v = verb.change)align, coordinate - bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts"
Ordinate figure(Math.), a figure whose sides and angles are equal; a regular figure.
, 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. [1913 Webster]
, v. t.
To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
, n. Math. a straight line from any point drawn parallel to one coordinate axis and meeting the other, usually a coordinate measured parallel to the vertical (cf. ABSCISSA).
Etymology
L linea ordinata applicata line applied parallel f. ordinare: see ORDAIN