单词 | copernican system |
释义 | > as lemmasCopernican system Copernican system, Copernican theory: the astronomical system or theory propounded by Copernicus (and still held with modifications), according to which the planets, including the earth, move in orbits round the sun as a centre (in opposition to older notions, according to which the earth was supposed to be fixed, and the sun and planets to move round it).extracted from Copernicanadj.n.heliocentric (or Copernican) system 2. Having, or taking, the sun as centre: as the heliocentric (or Copernican) system of astronomy. (See B.) ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sun > [adjective] > having or taking as centre heliocentrical1686 heliocentric1834 1834 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III. Gloss. at Geocentric The moon's orbit is Geocentric; but the orbits of the other planets, and of the earth itself, are Heliocentric. 1892 B. F. Westcott Gospel of Life 12 The heliocentric view of our system..is more religious and, in the fullest sense, more scriptural than the geocentric view which it displaced. < as lemmas |
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