latus rectum

 [ley-tuhs rek-tuhm]  

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.
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Origin:
1695–1705; < Neo-Latin: literally, straight side
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latus rectum (ˈlɑːtəs ˈrɛktəm)
 
—n , pl latera recta
geometry a chord that passes through the focus of a conic and is perpendicular to the major axis
 
[C18: New Latin: straight side]

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