LATUS RECTUM


Meaning of LATUS RECTUM in English

/lay"teuhs rek"teuhm/ , pl. latera recta /lay"teuhr euh rek"teuh/ . Geom.

the chord perpendicular to the principal axis and passing through a focus of an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola.

[ 1695-1705; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .