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   Or·di·nate

   /ˈôrdənət/

   

   noun

   • 1. (in a system of coordinates) the y -coordinate, representing the distance from a point to the horizontal or x -axis measured parallel to the vertical or y -axis.

   Word Origin late 17th century: from Latin linea ordinata applicata ‘line applied parallel’, from ordinare ‘put in order’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • D

     2

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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