Ptolemaic
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Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer.Ptolemaic system (Astron.), the system maintained by Ptolemy, whosupposed the earth to be fixed in the center of the universe, withthe sun and stars revolving around it. This theory was received forages, until superseded by the Copernican system.
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