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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Latus rectum

· La·tus rec·tum · IPA
01 n. The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of t…
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    The line drawn 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. See Focus, and Parameter.(Conic Sections) See: Focus, Parameter