adj. Arranged in regular rows, as the spots on the wings of an insect. n. Symbol y The plane Cartesian coordinate representing the distance from a specified point to the x-axis, measured parallel to the y-axis. [Middle English, properly ordered, from Latin ōrdinātus, past participle of ōrdināre, to set in order, from ōrdō, ōrdin-, order; see ar- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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