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Ptolemaic
ptolemaic
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
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adjective Etymology: Greek Ptolemaikos, from Ptolemaios Ptolemy Date: 1674 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 , of or relating to the Greco-Egyptian Ptolemies ruling Egypt from 323 to 30 B.C. ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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