What does recto mean?
Definitions for recto
ˈrɛk toʊrec·to
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Princeton's WordNet
rectonoun
right-hand page
Wiktionary
rectonoun
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.
rectonoun
Therefore, the right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.
Etymology: From recto folium, the ablative of the Latin rectus. Confer versus.
Wikipedia
recto
Recto is the "right" or "front" side and verso is the "left" or "back" side when text is written or printed on a leaf of paper (folium) in a bound item such as a codex, book, broadsheet, or pamphlet.
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recto
Recto is the right-hand page of an open book, or the front side of a single page or leaf. It is often used in contrast to the term 'verso', which refers to the left-hand page of an open book or the back side of a single page or leaf. In languages read from right to left like Arabic or Hebrew, the definitions are switched.
Webster Dictionary
Rectonoun
a writ of right
Rectonoun
the right-hand page; -- opposed to verso
Etymology: [Cf. F. recto.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Recto
rek′tō, n. (print.) the right-hand page—opp. to Reverso or Verso: (law) a writ of right.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
RECTO
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Recto is ranked #71678 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Recto surname appeared 272 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Recto.
86% or 234 total occurrences were Asian.
5.8% or 16 total occurrences were White.
5.1% or 14 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.9% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of recto in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of recto in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of recto in a Sentence
The Metropolitan Museum of Art:
This is an exciting new discovery of an authentic double-sided sheet by the master (1452-1519), representing on the recto the full figure of the martyred Saint Sebastian tied to a tree in a landscape, and on the verso, notes and diagrams about light and shadow, which relate to Leonardo’s study of optics.
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