My surprise reached a climax, however, when I found incidentally that he was ignorant of the Copernican Theory and of the composition of the Solar System.
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Copernican
Synonyms for "copernican" (4 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (2)
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5 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 7 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- copernicà adj (pertaining to Nicolaus Copernicus)
- copernicà adj (pertaining to his theories)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 哥白尼學說的 /哥白尼学说的 adj (pertaining to his theories)
- 哥白尼的 adj (pertaining to Nicolaus Copernicus)
Dutch
1 entries- Copernicaans adj (pertaining to Nicolaus Copernicus)
Finnish
3 entries- Kopernikuksen adj (pertaining to Nicolaus Copernicus)
- kopernikaaninen adj (pertaining to Nicolaus Copernicus)
- kopernikaaninen adj (pertaining to his theories)
German
1 entries- kopernikanisch adj (pertaining to his theories)
Polish
3 entries- Kopernikowy adj (pertaining to Nicolaus Copernicus)
- kopernikański adj (pertaining to his theories)
- kopernikowski adj (pertaining to his theories)
Swedish
1 entries- kopernikansk adj (pertaining to his theories)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The heliocentric view of the world, in which the Sun is at the centre of the universe, is also described as the Copernican system. It represents a step forward from the geocentric view of Ptolemy.
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The Eratosthenian Period (3.2–1.1 aeons ago) and the Copernican Period (1.1 aeons ago to present) were times of lesser volcanism and a still lower, probably constant impact rate.
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Philosophy disconnects everything and relativizes the universe. Like the Copernican model, it destroys any solid ground and sets adrift what is at rest.
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