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NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
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• NICOLAUS COPERNICUS (noun)
The noun NICOLAUS COPERNICUS has 1 sense:
1. Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)
Familiarity information: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS used as a noun is very rare.
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)
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