Heliocentricism
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of heliocentrism. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
"And as to Copernicus, he declared most expressly in his preface that he spoke of Heliocentricism as a pure hypothesis; the imagination of which was useful for the calculation of planetary orbits, but which “need not be true or even probable,” i.e., resting on any solid ground whatever."
Example
More examples"And as to Copernicus, he declared most expressly in his preface that he spoke of Heliocentricism as a pure hypothesis; the imagination of which was useful for the calculation of planetary orbits, but which “need not be true or even probable,” i.e., resting on any solid ground whatever."
Etymology
From heliocentric + -ism.
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