ordinate

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Part of a given co-ordinate might be a number, and the rest of it a name, but the meanings of the numbers and names were never the same.

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  1. adjective Arranged in regular rows, as the spots on the wings of an insect.
  2. noun The plane Cartesian coordinate representing the distance from a specified point to the x-axis, measured parallel to the y-axis.

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  1. Middle English, properly ordered, from Latin ōrdinātus, past participle of ōrdināre, to set in order, from ōrdō, ōrdin-, order; see ar- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English ordinat (also ordene, q. v.) = Italian ordinate, from Latin ordinatus, well-ordered, appointed, ordained, past participle of ordinare, order, ordain: see ordain, order, n.
  2. from Latin ordinatus, past participle of ordinare, ordain, order, etc.: see order, v.
 

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