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Ptolemaic system

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1. Ptolemaic system - Noun

2. Ptolemaic system - Proper noun

Meaning

(astronomy) Ptolemy's model of the universe with the Earth at the center

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Synonyms

egocentric anthropocentric egocentrism Copernican system anthropocentrism geostatic geocentric theory cosmocentric celestial model geocentrism earth-centric model geocentric cosmology cosmological model geocentric model astronomical model
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Antonyms

heliocentric model

Hypernyms

model framework theoretical account

Examples

Under the instruction of Michael Maestlin, Tübingen's professor of mathematics from 1583 to 1631, he learned both the Ptolemaic system and the Copernican system of planetary motion. Source: Internet

The suggestion of mechanical models for the Earth centred Ptolemaic model "greatly contributed to the eventual triumph of the Ptolemaic system among the Christians of the West". Source: Internet

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Ptolemaian ptolemaic Ptolemaic dynasty Ptolemaical Ptolemaida Ptolemais