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Noun: Claudius Ptolemaeus
  1. Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance
    - Ptolemy

Type of: astronomer, stargazer, uranologist

Encyclopedia: Claudius Ptolemaeus

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