What is the meaning of ptolemaic?

adjective

  • Of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy.
  • Of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system.
    • usage: "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"
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