Defn: 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 coördinates, and define the position of the point with reference to the two axes named, the intersection of which is called the origin of coördinates. See Coordinate.
ORDINATE
Or"di*nate, v. t.
Defn: To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. Bp. Hall.
ORDINATELY
Or"di*nate*ly, adv.
Defn: In an ordinate manner; orderly. Chaucer. Skelton.
ORDINATION
Or`di*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. ordinatio: cf. F. ordination.]
1. The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc. The holy and wise ordination of God. Jer. Taylor. Virtue and vice have a natural ordination to the happiness and misery of life respectively. Norris.
2. (Eccl.)
Defn: The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.