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Definition of Latus rectum

Latus rectum
Latus rectum La"tus rec"tum [L., the right side.] (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, and Parameter.

Meaning of Latus rectum from wikipedia

- a focus. The latus **** is the chord parallel to the directrix and p****ing through a focus; its half-length is the semi-latus **** (ℓ). The focal...
- perpendicular to the major axis, is called the latus ****. One half of it is the semi-latus **** ℓ{\displaystyle \ell }. A calculation shows: ℓ=b2a=a(1−e2)...
- the major axis of the hyperbola, is called the latus ****. One half of it is the semi-latus **** p{\displaystyle p}. A calculation shows p=b2a.{\displaystyle...
- is called the latus ****; one half of it is the semi-latus ****. The latus **** is parallel to the directrix. The semi-latus **** is designated...
- the semi-minor axis's length b through the eccentricity e and the semi-latus **** ℓ{\displaystyle \ell }, as follows: b=a1−e2,ℓ=a(1−e2),aℓ=b2.{\displaystyle...
- the latus **** to the focal parameter. The focal parameter is twice the focal length. The ratio is denoted P. In the diagram, the latus **** is pictured...
- {p}{1+\varepsilon \,\cos \theta }},} where p{\displaystyle p} is the semi-latus ****, ε is the eccentricity of the ellipse, r is the distance from the Sun...
- to the directrix and to each latus ****. In a parabola, the axis of symmetry is perpendicular to each of the latus ****, the directrix, and the tangent...
- any latus ****. If, then, we wish to duplicate a cube of edge a,{\displaystyle a,} we locate on a right-angled cone two parabolas, one with latus ****...
- Menaechmus knew that in a parabola y2 = Lx, where L is a constant called the latus ****, although he was not aware of the fact that any equation in two unknowns...