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Ptolemaic System — (Source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocentric model| Geocentric Model] )In the Ptolemaic system, each planet is moved by five or more spheres: one sphere is its deferent. The deferent was a circle centered around a point halfway between the … Wikipedia
Ptolemaic system — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ptolemaic system — (also Ptolemaic theory) ► NOUN ▪ the formerly held theory that the earth is the stationary centre of the universe … English terms dictionary
Ptolemaic system — n. the theory, systematized by Ptolemy, postulating the earth as the center or fixed point of the universe, around which the celestial bodies move … English World dictionary
Ptolemaic system — Astron. a system elaborated by Ptolemy and subsequently modified by others, according to which the earth was the fixed center of the universe, with the heavenly bodies moving about it. [1765 75] * * * ▪ astronomy mathematical model of the… … Universalium
Ptolemaic system — Ptolomėjaus sistema statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. Ptolemaic system vok. Ptolemäisches System, n rus. система Птоломея, f pranc. système de Ptolémée, m; système ptolémaïque, m … Fizikos terminų žodynas
Ptolemaic system — The dominant, geocentric system of astronomy before Copernicus . Ptolemy was an astronomer, mathematician, and geographer who flourished between AD 127 and 148 in Alexandria. His masterpiece is known by its Arabic title of the Almagest, a… … Philosophy dictionary
Ptolemaic system — /tɒləˈmeɪɪk ˌsɪstəm/ (say toluh mayik .sistuhm) noun a system elaborated by Ptolemy and subsequently modified by others, according to which the earth was the fixed centre of the universe, with the heavenly bodies moving about it. Compare… …
PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM — the highly complex system of astronomy ascribed to Claudius Ptolemy, which assumed that the earth was the centre of a sphere which carried the heavenly bodies along in its daily revolution, accounted for the revolutions of the sun and moon by… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Ptolemaic system — n. astronomical system of Ptolemy in which the earth is viewed as the center of the universe and is orbited by the sun and planets … English contemporary dictionary
