PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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(موضع) الخروج عن المركز ‘eccentricity’

Arabic

References: PH Morelon: I.10:11, 37:8
Translation of:
Greek: ἐκκεντρότης [PH Heiberg: I.10:11, 88:29]
Modern translations:
French: (lieu d')excentricité [PH Morelon: I.10:11, 36:11]
German: (Ort der) Exzentrizität [PH Nix: I.10:11, 89:32]