rectus noun. ['rɛktǝs] Pl. -ti [-tʌɪ]. E18.
[Latin (sc. musculus muscle): see RECTUM.]
1. Anatomy. Any of several straight muscles, esp. of the abdomen, thigh, neck, and eye. Freq. with mod. Latin specifying word. Also rectus muscle. E18.
2. Music. In a fugal composition, the version of a theme performed in the original, as opp. to the reversed or inverted, order. M20.
rectus et inversus [ɛt ɪn'vɛ:sǝs] [= straight and inverted] = per RECTE et retro.

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