LATUS Rectum

, in Conic Sections, the same with parameter; which see.

Latus Transversum, of the hyperbola, is the right line between the vertices of the two opposite sections; or that part of their common axis lying between the two opposite cones; as the line DE. It is the same as the transverse axis of the hyperbola, or opposite hyperbolas.

Latus Primarium, a right line, DD, or EE, drawn through the vertex of the section of a cone, within the same, and parallel to the base.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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