Definition of Copernicus

1. Noun. Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543).


2. Noun. A conspicuous crater on the Moon.
Generic synonyms: Lunar Crater

Definition of Copernicus

1. Proper noun. (surname) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Copernicus

Copenhagen
Copenhagen blue
Copenhagen blues
Copenhagener
Copenhageners
Copepoda
Copernican
Copernican Revolution
Copernican system
Copernicanism
Copernicia
Copernicia alba
Copernicia australis
Copernicia cerifera
Copernicia prunifera
Copernicus (current term)
Copland
Copley
Copper State
Copperfield
Copperopolis
Coppet's law
Coppola
Coprinaceae
Coprinus atramentarius
Coprinus comatus
Copt
Coptic
Coptic Church
Coptis

Literary usage of Copernicus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1857)
"The drawing is on a scale of 20 geographical miles to an inch, and Gassendi thus appears of half the linear dimension of Copernicus, being really almost of ..."

2. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1857)
"THE Doctrine of Copernicus, that the Sun is the true center of the celestial motions, depends primarily upon the consideration that such a supposition ..."

3. The Library of Original Sources: Ideas that Have Influenced Civilization, in edited by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1915)
"It was this aspect of the theory that Copernicus feared, and this was the underlying ... Copernicus died May 24, 1543, just as his book was published. ..."

4. Popular Science Monthly (1904)
"In 1533 Copernicus was sixty years old and applied for a coadjutor. ... The theory of Copernicus began to be known in Eome, and it was well received. ..."

5. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"DEDICATION OF THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES BY NICOLAUS Copernicus (1543) TO POPE PAUL III I CAN easily conceive, most Holy Father, that as soon as ..."

6. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"Copernicus (1473-1543) BY EDWARD S. HOLDEN |T HAS been the fortune of other men than Copernicus ... The life of Copernicus covered the years 1473 to 1543. ..."

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