PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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دائرة عظيمة ‘great circle’

Arabic

References: Alm. MS Tunis:
Translation of:
Greek: μέγιστος κύκλος [Alm. Heiberg: I.8, 29:4-5 ; I.14, 77:4-5. – PH Heiberg: I.3:1, 74:5]
Synonyms:
أعظم الدوائر[Alm. MS Tunis: ]
دائرة من الدوائر العظام[PH Morelon: I.3:1, 19:4]
فلك أعظم[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 5v]
فلك عظيم[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 12v]