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Definition of Ptolemaic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy.
2. Adjective. 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"
Similar to: Geocentric
Definition of Ptolemaic
1. a. Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer.
Definition of Ptolemaic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Ptolemies, rulers of Hellenistic Egypt. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the astronomer Claudius Ptolemy. ¹
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