Associations to the word «Copernican»
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Adjective
Wiktionary
COPERNICAN, adjective. Of or pertaining to Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the influential astronomer.
COPERNICAN, adjective. Or of pertaining to one or more of his theories.
COPERNICAN REVOLUTION, proper noun. The paradigm shift, from the Ptolemaic model of the heavens based around the Earth to a heliocentric model, proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus and later supported by Galileo Galilei and others
COPERNICAN SYSTEM, noun. (astronomy) A heliocentric model of the solar system, proposed in the 16th Century by the eponymous astronomer.
Dictionary definition
COPERNICAN, adjective. Of radical or major importance; "a Copernican revolution in modern art".
COPERNICAN, adjective. According to Copernicus; "in the Copernican system the earth and other planets revolve around the sun".
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