COPERNICAN SYSTEM


Meaning of COPERNICAN SYSTEM in English

n. (also Copernican theory) Astron. the theory that the planets (including the earth) move round the sun (cf. Ptolemaic system).

[ Copernicus latinized f. M. Kopernik, Polish astronomer d. 1543 ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.