Heliocentric
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌhiːli.əʊˈsɛntɹɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Heliocentric is an adjective meaning (astronomy) Having the sun at the center/centre; usually in reference to a coordinate system or orbit. [from 17th c.].
Meaning
(astronomy) Having the sun at the center/centre; usually in reference to a coordinate system or orbit. [from 17th c.].
More Meanings
- (cosmology) Of or relating to heliocentrism.
Example Sentences
a heliocentric orbit
a heliocentric coordinate system
To make the Catalogue of Eclipses, as also the Table of the Parallaxes of [Jupiter], it was necessary first to make a Table of [Jupiter]' Heliocentrick places, to which the Parallaxes being applied, give the Geocentrick.
Apollyon, who, as god of the sun, has a certain stake in the matter, teaches the Prior the truth of what the Greeks, Pythagoras' disciples, knew many years before— the nature of the heliocentric (or pyrocentric) planetary system.
Word Forms
- heliocentrick
Antonyms for heliocentric
Common opposites include geocentric.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include heliocentrical, geocentric, planetocentric, areocentric, stellarcentric, galactocentric.
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