Definition of ordinate

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Ordinate (n.) 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..

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Appendant :: Appendant (n.) Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.
Arriere :: Arriere (n.) That which is behind; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate..
Subdelegate :: Subdelegate (n.) A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers..
Official :: Official (a.) One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant..
Subagent :: Subagency (n.) A subordinate agency.
Under :: Under (adv.) In a lower, subject, or subordinate condition; in subjection; -- used chiefly in a few idiomatic phrases; as, to bring under, to reduce to subjection; to subdue; to keep under, to keep in subjection; to control; to go under, to be unsuccessful; to fail..
Mate :: Mate (n.) An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the captain. If there are more than one bearing the title, they are called, respectively, first mate, second mate, third mate, etc. In the navy, a subordinate officer or assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's mate..
Bywork :: Bywork (n.) Work aside from regular work; subordinate or secondary business.
Polytomous :: Polytomous (a.) Subdivided into many distinct subordinate parts, which, however, not being jointed to the petiole, are not true leaflets; -- said of leaves..
Accessory :: Accessory (a.) Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music..
Preordinate :: Preordinate (a.) Preordained.
Underplay :: Underplay (v. i.) To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part..
Subordinated :: Subordinate (n.) One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal.
Subacid :: Sub (n.) A subordinate; a subaltern.
Sobriety :: Sobriety (n.) Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years..
Avarice :: Avarice (n.) An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
Abscissa :: Abscissa (n.) One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes..
Ordinately :: Ordinately (adv.) In an ordinate manner; orderly.
Disordinately :: Disordinately (adv.) Inordinately.
Incoordinate :: Incoordinate (a.) Not coordinate.
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