Or"di*nate (?), a. [L.
ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare. See Ordain.]
Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical. "A life
blissful and ordinate." Chaucer.
Ordinate figure (Math.), a figure
whose sides and angles are equal; a regular figure.
Or"di*nate, n. (Geom.) 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.
&fist; 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.
Or"di*nate (?), v. t. To appoint,
to regulate; to harmonize. Bp. Hall.
