Ordinate

Part of speech: noun (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.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. Bp. Hall.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

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.