Definitions for Almagest

Almagest Al·ma·gest

Spelling: [al-muh-jest]
IPA: /ˈæl məˌdʒɛst/

Almagest is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 354 anagrams from letters in Almagest (aaeglmst).

Definitions for Almagest

noun

  1. (italics) a Greek work on astronomy by Ptolemy.
  2. (lowercase) any of various medieval works of a like kind, as on astrology or alchemy.

Origin of Almagest

1350-1400; Middle English almageste Middle French Arabic al the + majisṭī Greek megístē (sýntaxis) greatest (composition)

Examples for Almagest

He was chiefly distinguished for his revision of the ‘Almagest.’

Ptolemy's greatest work was the "Megale Syntaxis," generally known as the Almagest.

The doctrines he laid down in his famous book, "The Almagest," prevailed throughout those ages.

The exact value, according to Ptolemy, was 23 51′ 20″; Almagest, lib.

The first Arabic translation of the Almagest was made Arab astronomers.

One of his treatises has come down to us; but his principal discoveries have been transmitted through the 'Almagest' of Ptolemy.

The Almagest of Ptolemy in an Arabic translation was early a textbook among them.

His catalogue contained 1,080 stars, and is printed in the "Almagest" of Ptolemy.

The reference is right, for the 'motus celi' are discussed in the Almagest, lib.

Tables of mean motions of the Sun are given in Ptolemy's Almagest, lib.

Word Value for Almagest
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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