Usually means: Geocentric model, Earth at center.
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  1. Ptolemaic system, Ptolemaic system: Merriam-Webster
  2. Ptolemaic system: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Ptolemaic system: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Ptolemaic system: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. Ptolemaic system: Wiktionary
  8. Ptolemaic system: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. Ptolemaic system: Infoplease Dictionary
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  11. Ptolemaic System, Ptolemaic system: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  14. ptolemaic system: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Ptolemaic system: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. Ptolemaic System: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Ptolemaic system)

▸ noun:  (astronomy) A geocentric model of the solar system, described by the eponymous astronomer.

Similar:
Ptolemaism, geoheliocentrism, concave, Copernican Revolution, planetocentric orbit, punctum stans, poseidocentric orbit, deferent, orrery, firmament, more...

Opposite:
Copernicsystem, heliocentric model

Types:
geocentric, more...

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Similar:
Ptolemaism, geoheliocentrism, concave, Copernican Revolution, planetocentric orbit, punctum stans, poseidocentric orbit, deferent, orrery, firmament, more...

Opposite:
Copernicsystem, heliocentric model

Types:
geocentric, more...



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