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Definition of: ordinate
(ôr′də·nit) adjective
1. Characterized by order; regular.
2. Biol. Arranged in a regular row or rows, as spots on an insect's body or wings.
—noun Math.
1. The distance of any point from the axis of abscissas, measured on a line parallel to the axis of ordinates in a coordinate system.
2. The line or number indicating such distance. [<L ordinatus, pp. of ordinare ORDAIN]
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