give directions vs ordinate

give directions

ordinate

adj
  • arranged regularly in rows; orderly; disposed or arranged in an orderly or regular fashion. 

verb
  • to align a series of objects 

  • to ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop 

noun
  • The second of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes. 

  • The vertical line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the ordinate (sense above) is shown. 

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