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Definition of Ptolemaic system
1. Noun. (astronomy) Ptolemy's model of the universe with the Earth at the center.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ptolemaic System
Literary usage of Ptolemaic system
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1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... (According to the Ptolemaic system.) (1) The planetary heaven ; (2) the sphere
of the fixed stars; (3) the crystalline, which vibrates; ..."
2. A Short History of Natural Science and of the Progress of Discovery: From by Arabella Burton Buckley (1893)
"Ptolemy—Ptolemaic system—Strabo—Pliny—Galen—Greece and her Colonies conquered by
Rome—Decay of Science in Greece—Concluding Remarks on Greek Science. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The Ptolemaic system was accepted by the Arabic astronomers without criticism,
and was made known in Europe through their translations. ..."
4. A Short History of Natural Science and of the Progress of Discovery from the by Arabella Burton Buckley (1902)
"Ptolemy—Ptolemaic system—Strabo—Pliny—Galen—Greece and her Colonies conquered by
Rome—Decay of Science in Greece—Concluding Remarks on Greek Science. ..."
5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"ANCIENT THEORIES: THE Ptolemaic system. 87. Having now explained the methods by
which astronomers record and compare the observed positions of the heavenly ..."
6. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"... the fixed stars being also The Ptolemaic system continued in vogue till
motionless; that he assigned to the earth a the revival of astronomy and the ..."
7. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1835)
"Ptolemaic system. (See System of the Universe.) PTOLEMY ; the common name of
thirteen Greco-Egyptian kings, who reigned in Egypt, from the death of ..."
8. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"Ptolemaic system. (See System of the Universe.) PTOLEMY ; the common name of
thirteen Greco-Egyptian kings, who reigned in Egypt, from the death of ..."
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