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Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer.
  2. adj. of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy
  3. adj. of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system
  4. Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer. Ptolemaic system (Astron.), the system maintained by Ptolemy, who supposed the earth to be fixed in the center of the universe, with the sun and stars revolving around it. This theory was received for ages, until superseded by the Copernican system.
  5. Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer.Ptolemaic system (Astron.), the system maintained by Ptolemy, whosupposed the earth to be fixed in the center of the universe, withthe sun and stars revolving around it. This theory was received forages, until superseded by the Copernican system.
  6. j:100 a. of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy s. of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system