prosthaphæresis

Meaning

Noun

A method of computing by means of a table of natural trigonometrical functions, without multiplication.
A reduction to bring the apparent place of a moving point or planet to the mean place.

Origin

From Ancient Greek προσθαφαίρεσις.

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