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Definition of Copernican
1. Adjective. Of radical or major importance. "A Copernican revolution in modern art"
2. Adjective. According to Copernicus. "In the Copernican system the earth and other planets revolve around the sun"
Similar to: Heliocentric
Definition of Copernican
1. a. Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth (b. 1473, d. 1543), who taught the world the solar system now received, called the Copernican system.
Definition of Copernican
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the influential astronomer. ¹
2. Adjective. Or of pertaining to one or more of his theories. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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