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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Conic Sections) 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 , andparameter .
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- noun geometry The
line drawn through afocus of aconic section parallel to thedirectrix andterminated both ways by thecurve . It is theparameter of the principal axis.
Etymologies
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Latin latus ("side") + rectum ("right")
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