PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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degree (°) ‘degree’

English

References: Plan. Sidoli+Berggren: ?
Translation of:
Arabic: درجة [Plan. Sidoli+Berggren: ?]
Synonyms:
degree[PH Hamm: I.3:4, 47:3]
degree
half degree (°°)[Plan. Sidoli+Berggren: ?]
time degrees[Plan. Sidoli+Berggren: ?]