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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Ordinate

· Or·di·nate · IPA /ˈɔː(ɹ)dɪnət/
01 a. Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical.
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    Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical.
Phrases & compounds
Ordinate figure — a figure whose sides and angles are equal; a regular figure.
02 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 …
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    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.(Geom.)
03 v. t. To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize.
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    To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize.