Copernicus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Nicolaus Copernicus, a mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.

Word forms

Copernicus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Copernicus.

Derived words

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