Definition of Copernican in English:
Copernican
adjective kəˈpəːnɪkənkəˈpərnɪk(ə)n
Relating to or characteristic of the astronomical theories of Nicolaus Copernicus.
the Copernican heliocentric solar system
Example sentencesExamples
- Later the same year a German visitor left with Galileo the first book published by Johann Kepler, which was enthusiastically Copernican.
- He was, however, free to think about Copernican theory, but he could not teach it or write about it.
- For the first (and only) time, Galileo came out in print unequivocally in favour of the Copernican astronomy.
- In the Harmonices Mundi he showed that planetary motion in a Copernican universe was complex but mathematically concordant.
- At that time, before the telescope, the evidence for the Copernican system was not very compelling.
Definition of Copernican in US English:
Copernican
adjectivekəˈpərnɪk(ə)nkəˈpərnik(ə)n
Relating to or characteristic of the astronomical theories of Nicolaus Copernicus.
the Copernican heliocentric solar system
Example sentencesExamples
- At that time, before the telescope, the evidence for the Copernican system was not very compelling.
- Later the same year a German visitor left with Galileo the first book published by Johann Kepler, which was enthusiastically Copernican.
- In the Harmonices Mundi he showed that planetary motion in a Copernican universe was complex but mathematically concordant.
- He was, however, free to think about Copernican theory, but he could not teach it or write about it.
- For the first (and only) time, Galileo came out in print unequivocally in favour of the Copernican astronomy.