Heliostatic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of astronomical models of the solar system in which the Earth and planets move, but the Sun does not. not-comparable

    "If heliostatic astronomy has no technical advantages, if thoroughly modern astronomy is not heliostatic, and if the arguments adduced by Copernicus were unconvincing, why were the early geostatic astronomies, Ptolemy's in particular, superseded?"

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to a heliostat. not-comparable

Example

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"If heliostatic astronomy has no technical advantages, if thoroughly modern astronomy is not heliostatic, and if the arguments adduced by Copernicus were unconvincing, why were the early geostatic astronomies, Ptolemy's in particular, superseded?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From helio- + -static.

Etymology 2

From heliostat + -ic.

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