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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

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Adjectives

Similar:

geocentric (having the earth as the center)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy

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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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