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PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ptolemaic system mean? 

PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. (astronomy) Ptolemy's model of the universe with the Earth at the centerplay

  Familiarity information: PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Ptolemaic system" is a kind of...):

framework; model; theoretical account (a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process)

Domain category:

astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)


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