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Adjective: Ptolemaic  ,tó-lu'mey-ik
  1. Of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy
    "The Ptolemaic model of the universe placed Earth at the centre"
     
  2. Of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system
    "in the Ptolemaic system of planetary motion the earth is fixed as the centre of the universe with the sun and moon and planets revolving around it"

See also: geocentric

Encyclopedia: Ptolemaic