Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - ptolemaic
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Ptolemaic
ptolemaic
adjective Etymology: Greek Ptolemaikos, from Ptolemaios Ptolemy Date: 1674 1. of or relating to the second century geographer and astronomer Ptolemy of Alexandria and especially to his belief that the earth is at the center of the universe with the sun, moon, and planets revolving around it the ~ system 2. of or relating to the Greco-Egyptian Ptolemies ruling Egypt from 323 to 30 B.C.
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adj. hist. 1 of or relating to Ptolemy, a 2nd-c. Alexandrian astronomer, or his theories. 2 of or relating to the Ptolemies, Macedonian rulers of Egypt from the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) to the death of Cleopatra (30 BC). Phrases and idioms Ptolemaic system the theory that the earth is the stationary centre of the Universe (cf. COPERNICAN SYSTEM). Etymology: L Ptolemaeus f. Gk Ptolemaios ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1674, of Ptolemy, Alexandrian astronomer (2c.) whose model of the universe was accepted until Copernicus. Also of the Ptolemies (1771), Gk. dynasty that ruled Egypt from the death of Alexander to Cleopatra. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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