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Definition of Ptolemaic

Ptolemaic
Ptolemaic Ptol`e*ma"ic, a. Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer. 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 This theory was received for ages, until superseded by the Copernican system.

Meaning of Ptolemaic from wikipedia

- The Ptolemaic Kingdom (/ˌtɒlɪˈmeɪ.ɪk/; Koinē Gr****: Πτολεμαϊκὴ βασιλεία, Ptolemaïkḕ basileía) or Ptolemaic Empire was an Ancient Gr**** polity based in...
- The Ptolemaic dynasty (/ˌtɒlɪˈmeɪ.ɪk/; Ancient Gr****: Πτολεμαῖοι, Ptolemaioi), also known as the Lagid dynasty (Λαγίδαι, Lagidai; after Ptolemy I's father...
- model (also known as geocentrism, often exemplified specifically by the Ptolemaic system) is a su****ded description of the Universe with Earth at the...
- Ptolemaic is the adjective formed from the name Ptolemy, and may refer to: Ptolemaic dynasty, the Macedonian Gr**** dynasty that ruled Egypt founded in...
- 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and the last active ****enistic pharaoh. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a...
- Copernicus's challenge was to present a practical alternative to the Ptolemaic model by more elegantly and accurately determining the length of a solar...
- Great in 332 BC, after which it was ruled by ****enic Pharaohs of the Ptolemaic Dynasty. Their rule, and the independence of Egypt, came to an end when...
- of the Ptolemaic kingdom was struck in Phoenician weight, also known as Ptolemaic weight (about 14.2 grams) which was the weight of a Ptolemaic tetradrachm...
- Denmark, Yearbook 1961] (in Danish). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ptolemaic world maps. Nicholas the German's c. 1480 Florentine edition, the first...
- signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the Roman conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year, which eliminated the last major ****enistic...