Ptolemaic system

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A geocentric model of the solar system, described by the eponymous astronomer.

Word forms

Ptolemaic system

Etymology

After Greek-Roman astronomer Claudius Ptolemy (c. 90 - c. 168 AD), who explained the theory in an influential work.

Related words

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