Ptolemaic
[,tɔli'meiik]
解釋/意思:
(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--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer.
校對:西尔玛
解釋/意思:
adj. pertaining to the race of Egyptian kings called the Ptolemies: pertaining to Ptolemy the astronomer (of the 2d century)—also Ptolem?prime;an.—n. Ptolemā′ist one who believes in the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.—Ptolemaic system the method by which Ptolemy the astronomer explained the structure of the heavens and the motions of the heavenly bodies (139 A.D.).
手打:卡尔
例句/造句/用法:
- A second developed a trigonometry of sines to replace the Ptolemaic trigonometry of chords. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
錄入:玛莎