Ptolemaic system
Ptolemaic system proper noun: a geocentric model of the solar system, described by the eponymous astronomer.
Proper noun
Ptolemaic system
- A geocentric model of the solar system, described by the eponymous astronomer.
- The theories in your books are almost as obsolete as the Ptolemaic System.1882, Thomas Hardy, chapter VII, in Two on a Tower. A Romance. [...] In Three Volumes, volume I, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, […], →OCLC, page 128
- [T]o Hipparchus we owe that theory of the heavens, commonly called the Ptolemaic system, which, starting from the assumption that the earth was the centre of the universe, attempted to explain the motions of the heavenly bodies by a complex system of supposed eccentrics and epicycles.1902, Charles Kingsley, “Lecture I. The Ptolemaic Era.”, in Alexandria and Her Schools
Ptolemaic system meaning in Tamil and Urdu
Ptolemaic system in Tamil
- தாலமிய முறைமை
Ptolemaic system in Urdu
- نظام بتلیموسی
Origin of Ptolemaic system
After Greek-Roman astronomer Claudius Ptolemy (c. 90 - c. 168 AD), who explained the theory in an influential work.
Questions about Ptolemaic system
- What does Ptolemaic system mean?
- Ptolemaic system means a geocentric model of the solar system, described by the eponymous astronomer.
- What is Ptolemaic system in Tamil?
- Ptolemaic system in Tamil is தாலமிய முறைமை. See Ptolemaic system meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is Ptolemaic system?
- Ptolemaic system is a proper noun.
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