prosthaphæresis

词形变化

prosthaphæreses 复数 prosthaphæreses

别名

prosthaphaeresis

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A method of computing by means of a table of natural trigonometrical functions, without multiplication.

  2. 2.

    A reduction to bring the apparent place of a moving point or planet to the mean place.

词源

From Ancient Greek προσθαφαίρεσις (prosthaphaíresis), from πρόσθεν (prósthen, “before”) plus ἀφαίρεσις (aphaíresis, “taking away”).

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