Copernican system
Meanings
name
- A heliocentric model of the solar system, proposed in the 16th century by the eponymous astronomer.
Word forms
Etymology
From Copernicus (“a surname”) + -an + system. After Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who formulated and proposed the theory.
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