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Ptolemaic system
the theory, systematized by Ptolemy, postulating the earth as the center or fixed point of the universe, around which the celestial bodies move
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noun
The astronomical system of Ptolemy, in which the earth is at the center of the universe with the sun, moon, planets, and stars revolving about it in circular orbits.
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