单词 | Ptolemaic |
释义 | Ptolemaic (once / 17305 pages) adj WORD FAMILY Ptolemaic USAGE EXAMPLESRadiocarbon dating places him in the Ptolemaic period, between 378 and 235 B.C., the researchers reported in the European Journal of Radiology Open. Washington Post(Oct 14, 2016) This is amply borne out in the history and culture of Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. Nature(May 24, 2016) The death blow to the Aristotelian/Ptolemaic theory came in 1609. Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time: And Other...(1988) 1adj of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system in the Ptolemaic system of planetary motion the earth is fixed as the center of the universe with the sun and moon and planets revolving around it Syn geocentric having the earth as the center 2adj of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy |
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