PTOLEMAIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ptolemaic mean? 

• PTOLEMAIC (adjective)
  The adjective PTOLEMAIC has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy

2. of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system

  Familiarity information: PTOLEMAIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PTOLEMAIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy

Classified under:

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system

Context 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

Similar:

geocentric (having the earth as the center)