COPERNICAN


Meaning of COPERNICAN in English

I. kōˈpərnə̇kən, kəˈ-, -pə̄n- adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Nicolaus Copernic us (Kopernik) died 1543 Pol. astronomer + English -an

1. : of, relating to, or being the astronomic system of Copernicus in which the sun is taken as the center of the planets

2. : of radical or major importance or degree

a copernican revolution in psychologic theory

• co·per·ni·can·ism -kəˌnizəm noun -s usually capitalized

II. noun

( -s )

Usage: usually capitalized

: a believer in the Copernican system of astronomy usually as opposed to the Ptolemaic

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