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latus rectum
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la⋅tus rec⋅tum

[ley-tuhs rek-tuhm]
–noun, plural la⋅ter⋅a rec⋅ta [ley-ter-uh rek-tuh] . Geometry.
the chord perpendicular to the principal axis and passing through a focus of an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola.

Origin:
1695–1705; < NL: lit., straight side
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