Meaning Of Ordinate

a.

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. t.

To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize.