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COPERNICUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Copernicus mean? 

COPERNICUS (noun)
  The noun COPERNICUS has 2 senses:

1. Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)play

2. a conspicuous crater on the Moonplay

  Familiarity information: COPERNICUS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COPERNICUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Copernicus; Mikolaj Kopernik; Nicolaus Copernicus

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A conspicuous crater on the Moon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

lunar crater (a crater on the Earth's Moon)


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