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PTOLEMAIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system
Example:
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
Classified under:
Similar:
geocentric (having the earth as the center)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Ptolemy (Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance)
Derivation:
Ptolemy (Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance)
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