PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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the point diametrically opposite‘diametrically opposite’

English

References: Alm. Toomer: 62
Translation of:
Greek: τὸ κατὰ διάμετρον (σημεῖον) [Alm. Heiberg: I.12, 64:14]
Synonyms:
(degree) diametrically opposite[Alm. Toomer: 99]
(degree) opposite[Alm. Toomer: 99]
diametrically opposite[Alm. Toomer: 62]
diametrically opposite[Alm. Toomer: 42]