Definitions for almagests

almagests Al·ma·gest

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

Almagests is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 426 anagrams from letters in almagests (aaeglmsst).

Definitions for almagests

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 almagests

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

Examples for almagests

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Word Value for almagests
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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