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ptolemaic ptolemaic definition

ptolemaic


 
  Grep  of  noun  ptolemaic 
  ptolemaic  system 
 
  Overview  of  adj  ptolemaic 
 
  The  adj  ptolemaic  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  Ptolemaic  --  (of  or  relating  to  the  astronomer  Ptolemy) 
  2.  Ptolemaic  --  (or  or  relating  to  the  geocentric  Ptolemaic  system;  "in  the  Ptolemaic  system  of  planetary  motion  the  earth  is  fixed  as  the  center  of  the  universe  with  the  sun  and  moon  and  planets  revolving  around  it") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  ptolemaic 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  ptolemaic 
 
  Sense  2 
  Ptolemaic 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  geocentric)  ->  heliocentric 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  ptolemaic 
 
  2  senses  of  ptolemaic 
 
  Sense  1 
  Ptolemaic 
  Pertains  to  noun  Ptolemy  (Sense  1) 
  =>Ptolemy,  Claudius  Ptolemaeus 
  =>  astronomer,  uranologist,  stargazer 
 
  Sense  2 
  Ptolemaic 
  =>  geocentric  (vs.  heliocentric) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  ptolemaic 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  ptolemaic 
 
  ptolemaic  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  ptolemaic 
  ptolemaic 
 
  Overview  of  adj  ptolemaic 
 
  The  adj  ptolemaic  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  Ptolemaic  --  (of  or  relating  to  the  astronomer  Ptolemy) 
  2.  Ptolemaic  --  (or  or  relating  to  the  geocentric  Ptolemaic  system;  "in  the  Ptolemaic  system  of  planetary  motion  the  earth  is  fixed  as  the  center  of  the  universe  with  the  sun  and  moon  and  planets  revolving  around  it") 



ptolemaic definition