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Ptolemaic

DEFINITIONS OF: Ptolemaic

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adj 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”
Synonyms
geocentric
having the earth as the center

adj of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy

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