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Ordinate
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The vertical ("y") value in a pair of coordinates. How far up or down the point is.
Always written second in an ordered pair of coordinates such as (12,5).
In this example, the value "5" is the ordinate.
(The first value "12" shows how far along and is called the Abscissa).
See:
Ordered Pair
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