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elgeib
جيب ǧayb
n. ǧyb – sine (math.) show/hide quotes-
Thab. Fig. Grec. §41: quoniam sunt elgeib duarum periferiarum AE et AZ
Lorch 64, 139: لأنهما جيبا قوسى .ا ه. .ا ز.
- 1 Thab. Fig. Grec.
< Arabic al-ǧayb. The term elgeib is very rare in translation literature, but appears often in one early text: Adelard of Bath’s translation of al-Ḫwārizmī’s Tables (Zīǧ al-Sindhind, see Suter 1914). The Latin term is not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.