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1. (adj.) Ptolemaic
of or pertaining to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
2. Ptolemaic
of or pertaining to the dynastic house of the Ptolemies or the period of their rule in Egypt.
Etymology: (1665–75; < Gk Ptolemaikós of Ptolemy =Ptolema(îos)Ptolemy1+-ikos -ic)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) Ptolemaic
of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy
2. (adj) Ptolemaic
of 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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) ptolemaic
of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer
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