PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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نقص ‘(of ratios) divide out from both sides of an equation’

Arabic

References: Alm. MS Tunis: 16a
Translation of:
Greek: ἀφαιρῶ [Alm. Heiberg: I.14, 78:4, 17]
Synonyms:
ألقى[Alm. MS Leiden: f. 12v]