Prutenic

English

Adjective

Prutenic (comparative more Prutenic, superlative most Prutenic)

1. (astronomy) Prussian; applied to certain astronomical tables published in the sixteenth century, founded on the principles of Copernicus, a Prussian.
   • 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:

     And I trust anon by the help of an infallible guide, to perfect such Prutenic tables, as shall mend the astronomy of our wide expositors.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Prutenic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Noun

Prutenic (plural Prutenics)

1. a Prussian