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Traditional English :: PTO
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ptotic.html - abbr.
please turn over. |
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Traditional English :: Ptolemaic
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ptotic.html - adj. hist. 1 of or relating to Ptolemy, a 2nd-c. Alexandrian astronomer, or his theories. 2 of or relating to the Ptolemies, Macedonian rulers of Egypt from the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) to the death of Cleopatra (30 BC). Ptolemaic system the theory that the earth is the stationary centre of the Universe (cf. COPERNICAN SYSTEM). [L Ptolemaeus f. Gk Ptolemaios] |
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Traditional English :: ptomaine
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ptotic.html - n. any of various amine compounds, some toxic, in putrefying animal and vegetable matter. ptomaine poisoning archaic food poisoning. [F ptomaìne f. It. ptomaina irreg. f. Gk ptoma corpse] |
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Traditional English :: ptosis
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ptotic.html - n. a drooping of the upper eyelid due to paralysis etc. ptotic adj. [Gk ptosis f. pipto fall] |
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Traditional English :: PT
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ptotic.html - abbr.
physical training. |
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Traditional English :: Pt
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ptotic.html - symb. Chem. the element platinum. |
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