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Claudius Ptolemaeus

noun
1.
Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance.  Synonym: Ptolemy.





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... some four centuries ago. This theory of the universe is known by the name of the Ptolemaic System, because it was first set forth in definite terms by one of the most famous of the astronomers of antiquity, Claudius Ptolemaeus Pelusinensis (100-170 A.D.), better known as ...
— Astronomy of To-day - A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language • Cecil G. Dolmage


Words linked to "Claudius Ptolemaeus" :   astronomer, Ptolemy, stargazer, uranologist


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