Definition of Almagest in English:
Almagest
nounˈalmədʒɛstˈælməˌdʒɛst
the Almagest1An influential treatise on astronomy written by the Greek astronomer and geographer Ptolemy in the second century AD.
Example sentencesExamples
- Ptolemy's Almagest was a complete theory, but it involved applying a different mathematical formula for the motion of each planet and therefore did not really represent an overall unifying system.
- But once they had translated Ptolemy's Almagest, they developed astronomy so quickly that their mark is found at every step.
- Ptolemy's Almagest was one of the works which Arabic scientists studied intently.
- Finally, the translation of Ptolemy's Almagest furnished important astronomical material.
- Menelaus's work formed the basis for Ptolemy's numerical solutions of spherical astronomy problems in the Almagest.
- 1.1 (in the Middle Ages) any celebrated textbook on astrology and alchemy.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French almageste, based on Arabic, from al 'the' + Greek megistē 'greatest (composition)'.
Definition of Almagest in US English:
Almagest
nounˈalməˌjestˈælməˌdʒɛst
the Almagest1An influential treatise on astronomy written by the Greek astronomer and geographer Ptolemy in the second century AD.
Example sentencesExamples
- But once they had translated Ptolemy's Almagest, they developed astronomy so quickly that their mark is found at every step.
- Ptolemy's Almagest was one of the works which Arabic scientists studied intently.
- Finally, the translation of Ptolemy's Almagest furnished important astronomical material.
- Menelaus's work formed the basis for Ptolemy's numerical solutions of spherical astronomy problems in the Almagest.
- Ptolemy's Almagest was a complete theory, but it involved applying a different mathematical formula for the motion of each planet and therefore did not really represent an overall unifying system.
- 1.1 (in the Middle Ages) any celebrated textbook on astrology and alchemy.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French almageste, based on Arabic, from al ‘the’ + Greek megistē ‘greatest (composition)’.