PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(astronomy) Ptolemy's model of the universe with the Earth at the center

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Ptolemaic system" is a kind of...):

framework; model; theoretical account (a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process)

Domain category:

astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)

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