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Latus Rectum
Webster's Dictionary
The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of the principal axis. See Focus, and Parameter.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Latus Rectum'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/latus-rectum.html. 1828.