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1. 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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2. 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 ...
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3. 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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4. 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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5. Almagest
   Almagest: see Ptolemy.
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6. Almagest
   The Almagest is a critical source of information on ancient Greek astronomy. It has also been valuable to students of mathematics because it documents the ancient Greek mathematician Hipparchus`s work, which has been lost. Hipparchus wrote about Mathēmatikē Syntaxis-->), and the t...
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