Ptolemaic

(adj.) 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' .

(adj.) of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy .

巴里整理

• A second developed a trigonometry of sines to replace the Ptolemaic trigonometry of chords. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires lasted for a considerable time: the forms of government in Asia Minor and the Balkans were more unstable. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• L ater Copernicus spent nine years in Italy, studying at the universities and acquainting himself wit h Ptolemaic and other ancient views concerning the motions of the planets. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

录入:玛莎