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Recta vs Recto - What's the difference?

recta | recto |

As nouns the difference between recta and recto

is that recta is the concise oxford english dictionary (eleventh edition) while recto is the front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet or a leaf or a coin or a medal.

recta

English

Noun

(head) (p)
  • The Concise Oxford English Dictionary (Eleventh Edition)
  • * 1983 : John Oliver Killens, And Then We Heard the Thunder , p321
    • They were scared deep in their recta , but they leaped out of the foxhole and ran to the rescue, but by the time they got there Bucket-head had already stopped one of the enemy and the rest of them headed back upstream.

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    Anagrams

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    recto

    English

    Noun

    (Recto and verso) (en noun)
  • The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet or a leaf or a coin or a medal.
  • Therefore, (printing) the right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.
  • (legal) A writ of right.

    • Synonyms

    * (front side of a flat object)

    Antonyms

    * (front side of a flat object) verso, flipside

    See also

    * recto- ----