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Ptolemaic system   /tˌɑləmˈeɪɪk sˈɪstəm/   Listen
Ptolemaic system

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





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... first orbe move. An allusion to the Primum Mobile, which, in the Ptolemaic system, was the tenth sphere "of a most pure and cleare substance and without starres," which revolved in twenty-four hours, and carried round in its course all ...
— Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois • George Chapman


Words linked to "Ptolemaic system" :   astronomy, uranology, framework, theoretical account, model


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