·adj Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical.
II. Ordinate ·vt To appoint, to regulate; to Harmonize.
III. Ordinate ·noun 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.