الربعين المقنطر و المجيب

English translation: Almucantar Quadrant and Sine Quadrant (Sinecal Quadrant)

12:55 Jul 11, 2017
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general)
Arabic term or phrase: الربعين المقنطر و المجيب
...كيفية العمل بالأسطرلاب، والربعين المقنطر و المجيب ...
Arzu79
Türkiye
Local time: 16:08
English translation:Almucantar Quadrant and Sine Quadrant (Sinecal Quadrant)
Explanation:

almucantar quadrant = الربع المقنطر
sine quadrant = الربع المجيّب

هو رُبع الدائرة = الرُّبع = quadrant
المقنطر = arc, but here it is the same in English (almuqantar), called almucantar quadrant
هو جيب الزاوية = المجيّب = Sine, known here as the sine quadrant, aka the Sinecal Quadrant

AR - https://www.arab-ency.com/ar/البحوث/الاسطرلاب
EN - http://wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/Quadrant_(instrument)

https://www.astrolabes.org/pages/quadrant.htm
http://www.astrolabeproject.com/category/sine-quadrant/
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Randa Farhat
Lebanon
Local time: 16:08
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الربعين المقنطر والمجيب = الربع المقنطر والربع المجيَّب
Almucantar Quadrant and Sine Quadrant (Sinecal Quadrant)


Explanation:

almucantar quadrant = الربع المقنطر
sine quadrant = الربع المجيّب

هو رُبع الدائرة = الرُّبع = quadrant
المقنطر = arc, but here it is the same in English (almuqantar), called almucantar quadrant
هو جيب الزاوية = المجيّب = Sine, known here as the sine quadrant, aka the Sinecal Quadrant

AR - https://www.arab-ency.com/ar/البحوث/الاسطرلاب
EN - http://wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/Quadrant_(instrument)

https://www.astrolabes.org/pages/quadrant.htm
http://www.astrolabeproject.com/category/sine-quadrant/


Randa Farhat
Lebanon
Local time: 16:08
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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Asker: شكرا جزيلا


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