In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
ordinately (comparative more ordinately, superlative most ordinately)
In an ordinate manner; regular; orderly.
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Or"di*nate*ly, adv.
Definition: In an ordinate manner; orderly. Chaucer. Skelton.
Or"di*nate, a. Etym: [L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare. See Ordain.]
Definition: Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical. "A life blissful and ordinate." Chaucer. Ordinate figure (Math.), a figure whose sides and angles are equal; a regular figure.
Or"di*nate, n. (Geom.)
Definition: 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.
Note: The ordinate and abscissa, taken together, are called coördinates, and define the position of the point with reference to the two axes named, the intersection of which is called the origin of coördinates. See Coordinate.
Or"di*nate, v. t.
Definition: To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.