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Co•per•ni•can
(kō pûr′ni kən, kə-),USA pronunciation adj.
- of or pertaining to Copernicus or his theories.
- important and radically different;
thoroughgoing:a Copernican revolution in modern art.
- Copernic(us) + -an 1660–70
'Copernican' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Copernican system
- Copernicus
- Galileo
- Ptolemaic system
- cop
- post-Copernican
- pre-Copernican
- sphere
- spherical
- system