Ordinate /(?)/

Or·di·nate

Ordinate

a.
  1. Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical.

Phrases & Compounds
Ordinate figure
a figure whose sides and angles are equal; a regular figure.

Ordinate

n.
  1. 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.)

Ordinate

v. t.
  1. To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize.