noun · uncountable · rare

heliocentrism

геліоцентризм

гелиоцентризм

Heliozentrismus

The theory that the Sun is the center of the universeThe theory that the Sun is the center of the universe.

» Copernicus became a symbol, that of heliocentrism.

Kopernikus wurde zu einem Symbol, nämlich dem es Heliozentrismus.

Meaning

2 senses

(uncountable)The theory that the Sun is the center of the universe.
Heliozentrismus
гелиоцентри́змgeliocentrízm
геліоцентри́змheliocentrýzm
(informal, uncountable)The phenomenon of the Earth revolving around the Sun.

Examples

1 sentences

Copernicus became a symbol, that of heliocentrism.
deKopernikus wurde zu einem Symbol, nämlich dem es Heliozentrismus.
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Translations

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Українська

By meaning 1

the theory that the sun is the center of the universe:

Русский

By meaning 1

the theory that the sun is the center of the universe:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

the theory that the sun is the center of the universe:

Origin

Shortened from heliocentricism, from heliocentric + -ism, from Ancient Greek ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos

Shortened from heliocentricism, from heliocentric + -ism, from Ancient Greek ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos, “sun”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “centre”), equivalent to helio- + -centrism.

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