PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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فلك خارج المركز ‘eccentric circle’

Arabic. – Grammar: n.

References: Plan. Hyp.: II.10
Modern translations:
German: exzentrischer Kreis [PH Nix: II.10, 122]
Synonyms:
الفلك الخارج المركز[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 38v; f. 39r]