heliocentrism
Noun
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Noun
heliocentrism (uncountable)
- (astronomy, history) The theory that the sun is the center of the universe.
- 1923, Felix Adler, "The Reconstruction of the Spiritual Ideal," American Ethical Union, 68.
- Geocentrism has been displaced by heliocentrism. Heliocentrism, in turn, the claim of the sun, surrounded by its satellites, to a sovereign place in the heavens, has become ridiculous in the face of the wilderness of suns that people the abysses beyond us.
- 2019, Elizabeth Howell, “PBS Series Takes Astronomy Buffs Back in Time With ‘Ancient Skies’”, Space.com
- It wasn't until the Renaissance that scientists such as Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei showed proof for heliocentrism, or the idea that the planets moved around the sun.
- Synonyms: heliocentricity
- Antonyms: geocentrism
- 1923, Felix Adler, "The Reconstruction of the Spiritual Ideal," American Ethical Union, 68.
- (informal) The phenomenon of the Earth revolving around the Sun.
- French: héliocentrisme
- German: Heliozentrismus
- Italian: eliocentrismo
- Portuguese: heliocentrismo
- Spanish: heliocentrismo
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