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Definition of “Copernican system”

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Copernican system

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noun

the theory published in 1543 by Copernicus which stated that the earth and the planets rotated around the sun and which opposed the Ptolemaic system

Example Sentences Including 'Copernican system'

Consider the development of the ideas surrounding the Copernican system.

Henry, John F The Making of Neoclassical Economics

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