PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM


Meaning of PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM in English

Astron.

a system elaborated by Ptolemy and subsequently modified by others, according to which the earth was the fixed center of the universe, with the heavenly bodies moving about it.

[ 1765-75 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .