Ptolemaic system

Other forms: Ptolemaic systems

Definitions of Ptolemaic system
  1. noun
    (astronomy) Ptolemy's model of the universe with the Earth at the center
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    type of:
    framework, model, theoretical account
    a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
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