Ptolemaic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ptolemaic \Ptol`e*ma"ic\, a.
     Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Ptolemaic system} (Astron.), the system maintained by
        Ptolemy, who supposed the earth to be fixed in the center


        of the universe, with the sun and stars revolving around
        it. This theory was received for ages, until superseded by
        the Copernican system.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Ptolemaic
       adj 1: of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy
       2: of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system; "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"