ptolemaic

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The ptolemaic system of astronomy, numberless other systems and theories of scientific and philosophical explanation are discarded, known to be false and worthless.

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  1. Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer.

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  1. of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system
  2. of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy

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  • The ptolemaic system of astronomy, numberless other systems and theories of scientific and philosophical explanation are discarded, known to be false and worthless. —  Foundations of World Unity
 

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