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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Ptolemaic (0.00930 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Ptolemaic.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Ptolemaic
Ptolemaic
adj 1: of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy
2: 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”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ptolemaic
Ptolemaic
\Ptol`e*ma"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer.
[1913 Webster]
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 This theory was received for ages, until superseded by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.
[1913 Webster]
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