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Definition: Ptolemaic |
PtolemaicAdjective1. Of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy. 2. Or 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Ptolemaic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references) |
Crosswords: Ptolemaic |
| English words defined with "Ptolemaic": built-in ♦ constitutional, Crystalline heavens, Crystalline spheres ♦ fixed star ♦ inbuilt, inherent, integral. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Ptolemaic": Copernicus, Nicolaus 1473-1543. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Figure 3 of: Physica, sive, De rebus corporeis libri quinque Clerc. Published in 1696. The Ptolemaic earth-centered universe. Library Call Number Q155 .L46 1696. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
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| "Ptolemaic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ptolemaic" is used about 44 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 44 | 51,500 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "Ptolemaic": ptolemaic system. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ptolemaic | 13 |
ptolemaic system | 6 |
model ptolemaic | 3 |
ptolemaic terrascope | 2 |
ptolemaic universe | 2 |
ptolemaic dynasty | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "Ptolemaic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i ptolemeut. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | птолемеев. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ptolemäisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ptolemaioszi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 天動説 (Ptolemaic theory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | て"どうせつ (Ptolemaic theory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olemaicptay ptolomaico, ptolemaico. (various references) ptolemeic. (various references) птолемеев. (various references) ptolomejski. (various references) ptolemaico. (various references) ptolemaisk. (various references) batlamyos'a ait. (various references) птолемеїв. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Ptolemaic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ptolemaics, ptolemic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Ptolemaic" (pronounced 'Ptol`e*ma"ic'): Abdominothoracic, Abietic, Abietinic, Abiogenetic, Ablastemic, Abrahamic, Acerbic, Aceric, Acetonic, Achromatic, Achronic, Acidic, Acidific, Aclinic, Acologic, Acopic, Acroatic, Acrobatic, Acrocephalic, Acromonogrammatic, Acrotic, Acrylic, Actinic, Actinolitic, Actinophonic, Adelocodonic, Adenographic, Adenotomic, Adiabatic, Adiactinic, Adipic, Adipolytic, Adonic, Adriatic, Adynamic, AEolotropic, Aerobiotic, Aerodynamic, Aerolitic, AEsthesodic, Agamic, Agamogenetic, Agenesic, Agnatic, Agonic, Agonothetic, Agraphic, Agrypnotic, Albinotic, Alcaic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-m-o-p-t" | |
-1 letter: compleat, poetical. | |
-2 letters: aloetic, apomict, capitol, climate, coalpit, compile, ectopia, metical, metopic, oilcamp, optical, optimal, plicate, polecat, polemic, potamic, telomic, topical. | |
-3 letters: aplite, atelic, atomic, atopic, camlet, caplet, capote, citola, citole, coempt, coital, comate, compel, copalm, epical, impact, impale, limpet, lipoma, locate, malice, maloti, motile, opiate, optima, optime, pelota, piolet, placet, plaice, plicae. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-m-o-p-t" | |
+1 letter: compatible, complicate, epitomical. | |
+2 letters: amylopectin, compactible, compatibles, complicated, complicates, ectoplasmic, myelopathic, problematic. | |
+3 letters: amylopectins, compellation, complexation, componential, exophthalmic, incompatible, incomputable, kleptomaniac, metaphorical, pinealectomy, polarimetric, polycythemia, problematics, semitropical. | |
+4 letters: biocompatible, cephalometric, comparatively, compellations, complexations, complicatedly, complimentary, conceptualism, contemplating, contemplation, contemplative, endolymphatic, incompatibles, kleptomaniacs, microparticle, mythopoetical, neoplasticism, noncompatible, paleomagnetic, petrochemical, photochemical, phytochemical, pneumatolytic, polycythemias, problematical, recompilation, semipolitical, thermoplastic, uncomplicated, unproblematic, xerophthalmic. | |
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