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or•di•nate
Pronunciation: (ôr'dn-it", -āt"), [key]—
n.
Math.(in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis. Cf.
abscissa. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.