PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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equatio puncti ‘the arc between the lunar epicycle’s true and mean apogees’

Latin. – Grammar: noun.

References: Alm. minor Zepeda: V principles
Synonyms:
equatio argumenti[Alm. minor Zepeda: V principles]
equatio medie diversitatis[Alm. minor Zepeda: V principles]
equatio portionis[Alm. minor Zepeda: V principles]