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ptolemaic |
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in the center of the universe, with the sun and stars revolving around it This theory was received for ages, until superseded by the Copernican system.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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