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Recto

//ˈɹɛk.toʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.
  2. 2
    right-hand page wordnet
  3. 3
    The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.; The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.
  4. 4
    A writ of right.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēctō foliō (“on the right leaf, on the right page”), the ablative case of the Latin rēctus (“right”). Compare versus (“turned”).

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