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latera recta

latera recta is the plural of latus rectum.

Meaning of latus rectum

Noun

latus rectum (plural latera recta or latus rectums)

  1. The chord passing through a focus of a conic section, parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of the principal axis.

Questions about latera recta

What is latera recta the plural of?
Latera recta is the plural of latus rectum.

Words near latera recta in the dictionary

  1. later, gator
  2. later, skater
  3. later, tater
  4. later-day
  5. latera
  6. latera recta
  7. laterad
  8. lateral
  9. lateral aberration
  10. lateral aberrations
  11. lateral area

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Adapted from Wiktionary: latera recta (page history and authors); latus rectum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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