geocentric
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- adjective
- /ˌdʒiːoʊˈsɛntrɪk/
- Specialized
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geocéntrico
- The debate about a geocentric model of the solar system highlights how scientific understanding has evolved over time.
- Ptolemy's geocentric
It was before Copernicus's view about the heliocentric, geocentric version of the universe.
- It was before Copernicus's view about the heliocentric, geocentric version of the universe.
- But you do very much get somebody proposes a new model, heliocentric universe to geocentric universe change.
Examples
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Historically, the geocentric theory explained planetary motion through complex orbits around the Earth.
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That makes it more or less a geocentric universe.
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You may as well be arguing for a geocentric solar system.
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Copernicus, as you probably recall, decides that the geocentric model is wrong.
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I wonder, how did the Catholic Church reconcile its geocentric dogma with the clear and compelling evidence against it?
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From a geocentric perspective, constellation images are considered to be left-to-right reversed with respect to the opposite perspective commonly known as external.
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Some of the initial observations were made that would change the 1500-year-old Ptolemaic geocentric worldview to the Copernican heliocentric worldview.
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In the past, many believed in a geocentric universe where the Earth was at the center of all celestial bodies.
Synonyms
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Relating to the ancient thinker Ptolemy or his idea that the Earth is at the centre of the universe
Antonyms
Compounds
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A view that Earth is at the center and the Sun and stars move around it
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A small change in where an object in the sky looks when seen from different places on Earth
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word geocentric comes from the Greek parts geo- meaning 'earth' and -centric meaning 'center'. So, a geocentric model puts the 'earth' at the 'center' of the universe.