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COPERNICAN SYSTEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Copernican system mean?
• COPERNICAN SYSTEM (noun)
The noun COPERNICAN SYSTEM has 1 sense:
1. (astronomy) Copernicus' astronomical model in which the Earth rotates around the sun
Familiarity information: COPERNICAN SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(astronomy) Copernicus' astronomical model in which the Earth rotates around the sun
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Copernican system" is a kind of...):
framework; model; theoretical account (a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process)
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
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