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APPENDIX X.

Astrolabe term

English	Latin	Arabic
alidade	ostensor	al-‘Idada
astrolabe	astrolabium	asturlab
back	dorsum	zahr
cord		‘ilaqa
front, face	facies	wajh
limb	limbus, margo	hajra, tawq, kuffa
mater	mater	umm
pin, axis	clavus, axis	qutb, watad, mihwar
plate	tympanum, tabula regionem	safiha
rete, net, spider	rete, aranea	‘ankabût, shabaka
ring	armilla suspensoria	halka
ruler	index (or ostensor)
shackle		‘urwa, habs
swivel pin	armilla reflexea
throne	armilla fixa	kurs
washer, ring	armilla	fals
wedge, horse, dog	equus, caballus, cuneus	faras

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