Pyrocentric
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Of or relating to the Pythagorean astronomical system, which posited that the Earth, Moon, Sun, and planets orbit an invisible "Central Fire".
"To Pythagoras himself has been frequently ascribed the idea of a pyrocentric Kosmos—with worlds revolving round a central sun—according to the Copernican, or, to speak more accurately, the Newtonian scheme."
- 2 Centering fire as a key force in nature, civilization, etc.
"The result of that sojourn was a book called The Ice, a meditation on the planet's southernmost continent which—from Pyne's admittedly pyrocentric viewpoint—is also one of the few nearly fireless places, oceans aside, on the face of the earth."
Example
More examples"To Pythagoras himself has been frequently ascribed the idea of a pyrocentric Kosmos—with worlds revolving round a central sun—according to the Copernican, or, to speak more accurately, the Newtonian scheme."
Etymology
From pyro- + centric.
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