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Copernicus

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Co·per·ni·cus  (k-pûrn-ks, k-), Nicolaus 1473-1543.
Polish astronomer who advanced the theory that Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun, disrupting the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.
Copernicus [kəˈpɜːnɪkəs]
n
(Astronomy) a conspicuous crater on the moon, over 4000 metres deep and 90 kilometres in diameter, from which a system of rays emanates
Copernicus1
n
(Biographies / Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473-1543) M, Polish, SCIENCE: astronomer) Nicolaus (ˌnɪkəˈleɪəs). Polish name Mikolaj Kopernik. 1473-1543, Polish astronomer, whose theory of the solar system (the Copernican system) was published in 1543
Copernican  adj
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Noun1.CopernicusCopernicus - Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)
Mikolaj Kopernik, Nicolaus Copernicus
2.Copernicus - a conspicuous crater on the Moon
Translations
Copernicus [kəˈpɜːnɪkəs] N → Copérnico
Copernicus
n → Kopernikus m
Copernicus [kəˈpɜːnɪkəs] n → Copernico
Copernicus [kəˈpɜːnɪkəs] n → Copernico


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From the time the law of Copernicus was discovered and proved, the mere recognition of the fact that it was not the sun but the earth that moves sufficed to destroy the whole cosmography of the ancients.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
This Copernicus forms the most important of the radiating system, situated in the southern hemisphere, according to Tycho Brahe.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
, down to that of Copernicus in the fifteenth and Tycho Brahe in the sixteenth century A.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
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