Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter

latus rectum


la·tus rec·tum

noun \ˈla-təs-ˈrek-təm\

Definition of LATUS RECTUM

: a chord of a conic section (as an ellipse) that passes through a focus and is parallel to the directrix

Origin of LATUS RECTUM

New Latin, literally, straight side
First Known Use: 1702

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: Latvian
Previous Word in the Dictionary: Latuka
All Words Near: latus rectum

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up latus rectum? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).