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Webster 1913 Edition
Ptolemaic
Ptolˊe-ma′ic
,Adj.
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 This theory was received for ages, until superseded by the Copernican system.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ptolemaic
PTOLEMA'IC
,Adj.
Pertaining to Ptolemy. The Ptolemaic system,in astronomy, is that maintained by Ptolemy, who supposed the earth to be fixed in the center of the universe, and that the sun and stars revolve around it. This theory was received for ages, but has been rejected for the Copernican system.
Definition 2024
Ptolemaic
Ptolemaic
English
Adjective
Ptolemaic (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Ptolemies, rulers of Hellenistic Egypt.
- Of or pertaining to the astronomer Claudius Ptolemy.
Derived terms
Translations
of, or pertaining to, the Ptolemies
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of, or pertaining to, Claudius Ptolemy
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