/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; ]
/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 . 2012