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Definition of Copernicus
1. Noun. Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543).
Generic synonyms: Astronomer, Stargazer, Uranologist
2. Noun. A conspicuous crater on the Moon.
Definition of Copernicus
1. Proper noun. (surname) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Copernicus
Literary usage of Copernicus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1857)
"The drawing is on a scale of 20 geographical miles to an inch, and Gassendi thus
appears of half the linear dimension of Copernicus, being really almost of ..."
2. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1857)
"THE Doctrine of Copernicus, that the Sun is the true center of the celestial
motions, depends primarily upon the consideration that such a supposition ..."
3. The Library of Original Sources: Ideas that Have Influenced Civilization, in edited by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1915)
"It was this aspect of the theory that Copernicus feared, and this was the underlying
... Copernicus died May 24, 1543, just as his book was published. ..."
4. Popular Science Monthly (1904)
"In 1533 Copernicus was sixty years old and applied for a coadjutor. ... The theory
of Copernicus began to be known in Eome, and it was well received. ..."
5. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"DEDICATION OF THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES BY NICOLAUS Copernicus (1543)
TO POPE PAUL III I CAN easily conceive, most Holy Father, that as soon as ..."
6. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"Copernicus (1473-1543) BY EDWARD S. HOLDEN |T HAS been the fortune of other men
than Copernicus ... The life of Copernicus covered the years 1473 to 1543. ..."
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