(1):
(n.) 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.
(2):
(a.) Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical.
(3):
(v. t.) To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize.