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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.
Hannes Alfven

Meaning of "heliocentric" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HELIOCENTRIC

heliocentric  [ˌhiːlɪəʊˈsɛntrɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HELIOCENTRIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heliocentric is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HELIOCENTRIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

heliocentric

Heliocentrism

Heliocentrism, or heliocentricism, is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around a relatively stationary Sun at the center of the Solar System. The word comes from the Greek. Historically, heliocentrism was opposed to geocentrism, which placed the Earth at the center. The notion that the Earth revolves around the Sun had been proposed as early as the 3rd century BC by Aristarchus of Samos, but at least in the post-Ancient world Aristarchus's heliocentrism attracted little attention – possibly because of the loss of scientific works of the Hellenistic Era – until Copernicus revived and elaborated it. It was not until the 16th century that a fully predictive mathematical model of a heliocentric system was presented, by the Renaissance mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic cleric Nicolaus Copernicus, leading to the Copernican Revolution. In the following century, Johannes Kepler elaborated upon and expanded this model to include elliptical orbits, and supporting observations made using a telescope were presented by Galileo Galilei.

Definition of heliocentric in the English dictionary

The definition of heliocentric in the dictionary is having the sun at its centre. Other definition of heliocentric is measured from or in relation to the centre of the sun.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HELIOCENTRIC


acentric
eɪˈsɛntrɪk
acrocentric
ˌækrəʊˈsɛntrɪk
androcentric
ˌændrəʊˈsɛntrɪk
anthropocentric
ˌænθrəpəʊˈsɛntrɪk
barycentric
ˌbærɪˈsɛntrɪk
centric
ˈsɛntrɪk
concentric
kənˈsɛntrɪk
dicentric
daɪˈsɛntrɪk
eccentric
ɪkˈsɛntrɪk
ecocentric
ˌiːkəʊˈsɛntrɪk
egocentric
ˌiːɡəʊˈsɛntrɪk
ethnocentric
ˌɛθnəʊˈsɛntrɪk
Eurocentric
ˌjʊərəʊˈsɛntrɪk
exocentric
ˌɛksəʊˈsɛntrɪk
geocentric
ˌdʒiːəʊˈsɛntrɪk
metacentric
ˌmɛtəˈsɛntrɪk
pericentric
ˌpɛrɪˈsɛntrɪk
polycentric
ˌpɒlɪˈsɛntrɪk
theocentric
ˌθɪəˈsɛntrɪk
topocentric
ˌtɒpəˈsɛntrɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HELIOCENTRIC

heliman
heliocentric parallax
heliocentrically
heliocentricism
heliocentricity
Heliochrome
heliochromic
heliochromy
heliodor
Heliogabalus
heliogram
heliograph
heliographer
heliographic
heliographical
heliography
heliogravure
heliolater
heliolatrous
heliolatry

WORDS THAT END LIKE HELIOCENTRIC

areocentric
asymmetric
bicentric
electric
endocentric
gastric
geometric
homocentric
hydroelectric
mantric
metric
multicentric
pediatric
psychiatric
selenocentric
submetacentric
symmetric
Tantric
telocentric
uneccentric

Synonyms and antonyms of heliocentric in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «heliocentric» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HELIOCENTRIC

Find out the translation of heliocentric to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heliocentric from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heliocentric» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

日心
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heliocéntrica
570 millions of speakers

English

heliocentric
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सूर्य केंद्रीय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شمسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гелиоцентрической
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heliocêntrica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সূর্যকেন্দ্রি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

héliocentrique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heliocentric
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

heliozentrisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

太陽中心の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

태양 중심
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heliocentric
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhựt tâm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஞாயிற்றுமையமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सूर्यकेंद्रित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

güneş merkezli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eliocentrico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

heliocentryczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

геліоцентричної
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

heliocentric
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηλιοκεντρικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heliosentriese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heliocentric
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heliosentriske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heliocentric

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HELIOCENTRIC»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HELIOCENTRIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heliocentric

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QUOTES WITH «HELIOCENTRIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word heliocentric.
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Hannes Alfven
Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HELIOCENTRIC»

Discover the use of heliocentric in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heliocentric and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Reception of Copernicus’ Heliocentric Theory
In his observations and calculations, Niegowiecki used the heliocentric theory, but he treated it, nevertheless, only as the most probable of all hypotheses, more useful for research than the theory of Tycho. He denied to it, however, the name of ...
J. Dobrzycki, 1972
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Heliocentric Astrology Or Essentials of Astronomy and Solar ...
With sixty-four illustrations, thirty-five of which are original drawings by Holmes W. Merton.
Yarmo Vedra, 2012
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The Scientific World of Copernicus: On the Occasion of the ...
THE HELIOCENTRIC CONTROVERSY IN EUROPEAN CULTURE BARBARA BIENKOWSKA University of Warsaw Multos expertus est initnicos, quinimo etiam et post mortem Every age has its problems. Every vigorous culture has its great ...
B. Biékowska, 1973
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The Astrology Book: The Encyclopedia of Heavenly Influences
This argument was persuasive enough to prevent the emergence of a true heliocentric astrology until relatively recently. The two factors behind this emergence were (1) the discovery that scientists had found a correlation between sunspot ...
James R. Lewis, 2003
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Let's Review: Earth science-- the physical setting
KEY IDEAS The shift from a geocentric to a heliocentric model of the universe changed the way most people saw themselves in relation to the physical universe. The heliocentric model required the apparently immobile Earth to spin completely ...
Edward J. Denecke, William H. Carr, 2008
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Inside Relativity
1.4 THE HELIOCENTRIC MODEL As the precision of astronomical measurements grew, the failure of existing geocentric models to predict the future positions of celestial objects with sufficient accuracy became obvious and another sort of ...
Delo E. Mook, 1991
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A Source Book in Geography
Greek Heliocentric Theory Aristarchus of Samos (c. 310-230 B.C.), known as "the Mathematician" to his contemporaries, is remembered both for his practical and his theoretical contributions to geography. He is credited with the invention of the  ...
George Kish, 1978
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A History of Western Thought: From Ancient Greece to the ...
COPERNICUS AND THE HELIOCENTRIC SYSTEM Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 — 1543) developed an astronomical model with the sun as the centre of the planetary system, a heliocentric system, which conflicted with the prevailing ...
Gunnar Skirbekk, Nils Gilje, 2001
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'Magic is No Magic': The Wonderful World of Simon Stevin
For a start it is striking that, as early as 1608, Stevin had realized that the heliocentric system as introduced by Copernicus in De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (1543) was the 'correct' one. This is clear from his description of it, in which he ...
Jozef T. Devreese, Guido Vanden Berghe, 2008
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Introduction to Comets
and Benkhoff ( 1999b) point out that earlier efforts to follow the chain did not take into account the changing coma composition with heliocentric distance. Comet Hale-Bopp (C/ 1 995 O 1 ), a very active comet, was discovered when it was ...
John C. Brandt, Robert D. Chapman, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HELIOCENTRIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heliocentric is used in the context of the following news items.
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Book reviews: Life's Engines and A New History of Life
Bewitched by the moons of Saturn and their challenge to the heliocentric model of the universe, Galileo ignored the possibility that the ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
2
ANDREA GALVANI The End
The press release explains that “The End is an homage to the heliocentric model of our solar system championed by Galileo Galilei,” at a time ... «Brooklyn Rail, Jul 15»
3
Why we need public intellectuals
Amir Khusro is best known as a poet and composer, but he also studied astronomy; his heliocentric universe “distanced him from orthodox ... «Transnational Institute, Jul 15»
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Comprehensive Climate Change Weekly Report, July 12, 2015
The concept of a heliocentric solar system was suggested by Aristarchus (died about 232 B.C.) and was accepted by some astronomers but ... «Right Side News, Jul 15»
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How Did We Get to Pluto So Fast? - Gizmodo
Altogether, then, the spacecraft barreled into the solar system with a heliocentric (sun-relative) speed of nearly 100 thousand miles per hour. «Gizmodo, Jul 15»
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The One Thing Everybody Should Know About Relativity
The basic idea of relativity dates back to the 1600′s, when Galileo Galilei used it in arguing for the heliocentric model of the solar system. «Forbes, Jul 15»
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Ethics of knowledge sharing
For instance, the heliocentric theory or the presence of atomic energy was known to ancient Indians thousands of years ago but the world ... «Deccan Herald, Jul 15»
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Just a Thought: On women and Judaism
Why doesn't the Torah inform us that we live in a heliocentric universe? Why doesn't the Torah give us the instructions for antibiotics or the cure ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
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And to you, dude | Art & Appetite
Today, it seems ludicrous that a heliocentric model of the solar system would be rejected and repressed so harshly for so long. Do you ever ... «Edmonds Beacon, Jul 15»
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Venus and Jupiter are Far
Observations of Jupiter's moons and Venus' crescent phase were evidence for the Copernican or heliocentric model of the solar system. «Space Fellowship, Jul 15»

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