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Ptolemæan, a. and n.|tɒləˈmiːən|
Also 7–8 -mean.
[f. L. Ptolemæ-us (see Ptolemaic) + -an.]
= Ptolemaic a. 1 and n.
1647Boyle Let. to Hartlib 8 Apr., Wks. 1744 I. Life 23 The dissenting opinions of the Ptolemeans, the Tychonians, the Copernicans. 1861Max Müller Sci. Lang. i. 17 Although the Ptolemæan system was a wrong one, yet even from its eccentric point of view, laws were discovered determining the true movements of the heavenly bodies. |