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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 This theory was received for ages, until superseded by the Copernican system.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, romanized: Ptolemaïkḕ basileía) or Ptolemaic Empire was an Ancient Gr**** polity...
- The Ptolemaic dynasty (/ˌtɒlɪˈmeɪ.ɪk/; Ancient Gr****: Πτολεμαῖοι, Ptolemaioi) was a Macedonian Gr**** royal house which ruled the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Ancient...
- 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...
- Coinage of the Ptolemaic kingdom was struck in Phoenician weight, also known as Ptolemaic weight (about 14.2 grams). This standard, which was not used...
- Ptolemaic Terrascope is a magazine covering old and new music, usually of a psychedelic nature. It has been published irregularly since 1989. Originally...
- The Ptolemaic army was the army of the Ptolemaic Gr**** kings that ruled Egypt from 305 to 30 BC. Like most of the other armies of the Diadochi, it was...
- August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant...
- 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...
- Denmark, Yearbook 1961] (in Danish). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ptolemaic world maps. Nicholas the German's c. 1480 Florentine edition, the first...