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recto definition

recto (rek′tō)

noun pl. rectos -·tos

  1. any right-hand page of a book
  2. the front side of a leaf

Etymology: < ModL (folio) recto, on the right side of (a leaf) < L, abl. of rectus: see recti-

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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