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heliocentric, a. (n.)|ˌhiːlɪəʊˈsɛntrɪk|
[f. helio-: see centric. Cf. F. héliocentrique. Opposed in both senses to geocentric.]
1. Referred to the sun as centre; considered as viewed from the centre of the sun: as the heliocentric latitude, heliocentric longitude, heliocentric place, etc. of a planet, i.e. that in which it would appear to an observer placed at the centre of the sun.
1685Phil. Trans. XV. 1217 It was necessary..to make a Table of {jup}'s Heliocentrick places, to which the Parallaxes being applied, give the Geocentrick. 1703Gregory Ibid. XXIII. 1318 Finding the Heliocentrick and Geocentric places of a Comet. 1786Ibid. LXXVI. 429, I have here given its heliocentric and geocentric longitudes and latitudes. 1833Herschel Astron. v. 210 When we speak of the heliocentric longitudes and latitudes of objects, we suppose the spectator situated in the sun.
2. Having, or taking, the sun as centre: as the heliocentric (or Copernican) system of astronomy. (See B.)
1834Nat. Philos. III. Gloss. s.v. Geocentric (U. K. S.), The moon's orbit is Geocentric; but the orbits of the other planets, and of the earth itself, are Heliocentric. 1892Westcott Gospel of Life 12 The heliocentric view of our system..is more religious and, in the fullest sense, more scriptural than the geocentric view which it displaced.
fig.1871R. H. Hutton Ess. II. 285 It [poetry of the Old Testament] is what one might call a heliocentric, as distinguished from a geocentric, representation of life.
†B. n. One who takes the sun as a centre. Obs.
1667A. Nowel in Josselyn Voy. New Eng. (1674) 48 This assertion is not expugned by Geocentricks..nor oppugned by Heliocentricks.
Hence ˌhelioˈcentricism, the heliocentric theory; ˌheliocenˈtricity, heliocentric quality.
1865F. Hall in H. H. Wilson tr. Vishṇu Puráṇa II. 242 note, The heliocentricism taught in this passage..is remarkable. 1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVI. 163 Our readers who are ignorant of astronomy may as well refuse to acknowledge the heliocentricity of things. 1885W. W. Roberts Pontif. Decrees Introd. 21 The Pope said in effect that heliocentricism was a heresy. |