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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ptolemaic  \Ptol`e*ma"ic\,  a. 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  Ptolemy,  the  geographer  and  astronomer. 
 
  {Ptolemaic  system}  (Astron.),  the  system  maintained  by 
  Ptolemy,  who  supposed  the  earth  to  be  fixed  in  the  center 
  of  the  universe,  with  the  sun  and  stars  revolving  around 
  it  This  theory  was  received  for  ages,  until  superseded  by 
  the  Copernican  system. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Ptolemaic 
  adj  1:  of  or  relating  to  the  astronomer  Ptolemy  [syn:  {Ptolemaic}] 
  2:  or  or  relating  to  the  geocentric  Ptolemaic  system;  "in  the 
  Ptolemaic  system  of  planetary  motion  the  earth  is  fixed  as 
  the  center  of  the  universe  with  the  sun  and  moon  and 
  planets  revolving  around  it"  [syn:  {Ptolemaic}] 




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