Ordinate vs. Abscissa: What's the Difference?

Arranged in regular rows, as the spots on the wings of an insect.

Symbol xThe coordinate representing the position of a point along a line perpendicular to the y-axis in a plane Cartesian coordinate system.

Symbol y The plane Cartesian coordinate representing the distance from a specified point to the x-axis, measured parallel to the y-axis.

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

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

(geometry) The horizontal line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the abscissa (sense above) is shown.

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

One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coördinate axes.

To ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop

The value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis

(transitive) to align a series of objects

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

Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical.

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.

To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize.

The value of a coordinate on the vertical axis

Appoint to a clerical posts;

Bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation;