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Word: Almagest
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French almageste, based on Arabic, from al ‘the’ + Greek megistē ‘greatest (composition)’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈalmədʒɛst
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an influential treatise on astronomy written by the Greek astronomer and geographer Ptolemy in the second century AD.
Short Definition:Ptolemy's astronomical treatise
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