( n. )
A straight line so situated with respect to a conic section that the distance of any point of the curve from it has a constant ratio to the distance of the same point from the focus.
( n. )
A straight line so situated with respect to a conic section that the distance of any point of the curve from it has a constant ratio to the distance of the same point from the focus.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012