What does Ptolemaic mean?

Definitions for Ptolemaic
ˌtɒl əˈmeɪ ɪkptole·ma·ic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Ptolemaicadjective

    of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy

  2. Ptolemaicadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. Ptolemaicadjective

    Of or pertaining to the Ptolemies, rulers of Hellenistic Egypt.

  2. Ptolemaicadjective

    Of or pertaining to the astronomer Claudius Ptolemy.

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  1. ptolemaic

    Ptolemaic refers to anything related to Claudius Ptolemy, a renowned Greek astronomer, mathematician, and geographer of Alexandria, or his works. It may specifically refer to the Ptolemaic system, a geocentric cosmological model formulated by Ptolemy, which held that the Earth is at the center of the universe with all other celestial bodies revolving around it. It also refers to the Ptolemaic dynasty, a Greco-Egyptian dynasty that ruled Egypt from 305 BC to 30 BC.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ptolemaicadjective

    of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Ptolemaic

    tol-e-mā′ik, adj. pertaining to the race of Egyptian kings called the Ptolemies: pertaining to Ptolemy the astronomer (of the 2d century)—also Ptolemæ′an.—n. Ptolemā′ist, one who believes in the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.—Ptolemaic system, the method by which Ptolemy, the astronomer, explained the structure of the heavens and the motions of the heavenly bodies (139 A.D.).

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Ptolemaic in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Ptolemaic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Ptolemaic in a Sentence

  1. Glenn Godenho:

    Building on work at the site by a Hungarian mission, Kathleen has confirmed the presence of a Ptolemaic period Isis temple within the larger Osiris temple that dominates the site, add to this a hoard of coins with Cleopatras portrait on them, and other Greco-Roman period finds not [the] least, fragments of statuary and mummies and we can certainly say that Taposiris Magna was active during Cleopatras reign.

  2. Susan Walker:

    The thing is, we dont know where Alexander himself or any of the 15 Ptolemaic rulers ofEgyptwere buried.

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