Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ptolemaic"
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 This theory was received for ages, until superseded by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) 1.7 (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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