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   Almagest
   Book compiled by the Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy during the 2nd century, which included the idea of an Earth-centred universe; it was translated into Arabic in the 9th century. Some medieval books...
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   Almagest
   Al'ma·gest noun [ French almageste , Late Latin almageste , Arabic al-majistī , from Greek ... (sc. ...), the greatest composition.] The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works.
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   Almagest
   `Almagest` is the Latin form of the Arabic name of a mathematical and astronomical treatise proposing the complex motions of the stars and planetary paths, originally written in Greek as `μαθημαÃ?„ικἠ Ã?Æ’Ã?Â?νÃ?„αξιÃ?‚` (`Mathematike Syntaxis`, `Mathematical Treatise`; later titled `Hè Megalè Syntaxis`, `The Great Treatise`) by Ptolemy of Alexandria, Egypt. The date of `Almagest` has recently been more precisely established. Ptolemy set u...
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   Almagest
   • (n.) The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works.
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   Almagest
   astronomical manual written about 150 by Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus of Alexandria). It served as the basic guide for Islamic and European ... [17 related articles]
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   Almagest
   Detail from Book X, Chapter 7, of a 13th century translation of the Almagest made from Arabic to Latin in Spain in 1175 by Gerard of Cremona. This image illustrates Ptolemy's kinematic model for the motion of the superior planets – Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The Arabic title of Ptolemy’s S...
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   Almagest
   Almagest: see Ptolemy.
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