Ptolemaic
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- adjective
- /ˌtoʊləˈmeɪɪk/
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ptolemaico
- The Ptolemaic theory posits that the Earth is at the center of the universe.
- Ptolemaic system
- Ptolemaic theory
- Ptolemaic astronomy
Examples
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Thus ended the Ptolemaic dynasty, and with Egypt subdued, the Romans now claimed unopposed dominion over the entire Mediterranean world.
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The Greek geographer, Strabo (c. 63 BC-AD 24), describes how the Ptolemaic regime first received accurate information about a maritime route to India.
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This is the Ptolemaic view of the universe, and the Earth is in the centre right, and changes in focus can be profound.
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The Ptolemaic model has brought us a great deal, including much interdisciplinary recognition.
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Ultimately, however, the Ptolemaic perspective was rejected as it became increasingly complicated to explain celestial movements adequately.
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Quantum mechanics is certainly successful in terms of predicting observations, but so was Ptolemaic astronomy.
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Today's practice of school psychology is, for the most part, like a Ptolemaic worldview of astronomy.
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The need to appease the goddess is a recurring theme in the precinct's iconography, from Hatshepsut's day to the Ptolemaic period.
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The coastal strip displayed dozens of lavish Ptolemaic palaces with wide peristyle courts, pools and fountains.
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Some of the initial observations were made that would change the 1500-year-old Ptolemaic geocentric worldview to the Copernican heliocentric worldview.
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Synonyms
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Having the Earth as the center of the universe
Antonyms
Compounds
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A model that puts Earth at the center and has the sun and planets move around it
A royal family from Macedonia that ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC, ending with Cleopatra VII
Surface Forms
Morphology
Ptolemaic = Ptolemy (transparent) = Ptolemy + aic
Standard adjectival formation from the proper name 'Ptolemy' using an adjectival suffix; the relation to the person/theories is direct for learners who know the name.
Etymology
Ptolemaic comes from the name Ptolemy, a Greek astronomer who taught that the Earth sits at the centre of the universe. So something called Ptolemaic follows Ptolemy's old 'Earth-centred' idea or belongs to his way of doing astronomy.