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heliocentric

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌhiːli.əʊˈsɛntɹɪk/
  • US: hē'lē-ō-sĕnʹtrĭk
  • US: /ˌhiːlioʊˈsɛntɹɪk/
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  • rhymes with -ɛntɹɪk

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having the sun at the center/centre; usually in reference to a coordinate system or orbit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

Examples

  • a heliocentric coordinate system
  • a heliocentric orbit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: astrocentric

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or relating to heliocentrism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: astronomy, cosmology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

having the sun as the center

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: geocentric

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóh2wl̥ Proto-Indo-European *sh2wél(i)yos Proto-Hellenic *hāwélios Ancient Greek ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos) English helio- Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der. English -centric English heliocentric From helio- + -centric.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: heliosentries — having the sun at the center
  • Albanian: heliocentrik — having the sun at the center
  • Arabic: شَمْسِيّ الْمَرْكَز (šamsiyy al-markaz) — having the sun at the center
  • Asturian: heliocéntricu — having the sun at the center
  • Azerbaijani: heliosentrik — having the sun at the center
  • Basque: heliozentriko — having the sun at the center
  • Belarusian: геліяцэнтры́чны (hjelijacentrýčny) — having the sun at the center
  • Bulgarian: хелиоцентри́чен (heliocentríčen) — having the sun at the center
  • Catalan: heliocèntric — having the sun at the center
  • Czech: heliocentrický — having the sun at the center
  • Danish: heliocentrisk — having the sun at the center
  • Dutch: heliocentrisch — having the sun at the center
  • Esperanto: heliocentra — having the sun at the center
  • Estonian: heliotsentriline — having the sun at the center
  • Finnish: aurinkokeskinen — having the sun at the center
  • Finnish: heliosentrinen — having the sun at the center
  • French: héliocentrique — having the sun at the center
  • Galician: heliocéntrico — having the sun at the center
  • Georgian: ჰელიოცენტრული (heliocenṭruli) — having the sun at the center
  • German: heliozentrisch — having the sun at the center
  • Greek: ηλιοκεντρικός (iliokentrikós) — having the sun at the center
  • Hebrew: הליוֹצֶנְטְרִי — having the sun at the center
  • Hungarian: heliocentrikus — having the sun at the center
  • Hungarian: napközpontú — having the sun at the center
  • Ido: heliocentrala — having the sun at the center
  • Indonesian: heliosentris — having the sun at the center
  • Interlingua: heliocentric — having the sun at the center
  • Italian: eliocentrico — having the sun at the center
  • Northern Kurdish: rojnavendî — having the sun at the center
  • Northern Kurdish: rojmerkezî — having the sun at the center
  • Latin: heliocentricus — having the sun at the center
  • Latvian: heliocentrisks — having the sun at the center
  • Lithuanian: heliocentrinis — having the sun at the center
  • Luxembourgish: heliozentresch — having the sun at the center
  • Macedonian: хелиоцентричен (heliocentričen) — having the sun at the center
  • Maltese: eljoċentriku — having the sun at the center
  • Norwegian Bokmål: heliosentrisk — having the sun at the center
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: heliosentrisk — having the sun at the center
  • Occitan: eliocentric — having the sun at the center
  • Persian: خورشیدمرکزی (xoršid-markazi) — having the sun at the center
  • Polish: heliocentryczny — having the sun at the center
  • Portuguese: heliocêntrico — having the sun at the center
  • Romanian: heliocentric — having the sun at the center
  • Romanian: хелиочентрик (heliocentric) — having the sun at the center
  • Russian: гелиоцентри́ческий (geliocentríčeskij) — having the sun at the center
  • Serbo-Croatian: хелиоцѐнтричан — having the sun at the center
  • Serbo-Croatian: heliocèntričan — having the sun at the center
  • Slovak: heliocentrický — having the sun at the center
  • Slovene: heliocentričen — having the sun at the center
  • Spanish: heliocéntrico — having the sun at the center
  • Swedish: heliocentrisk — having the sun at the center
  • Tajik: хуршедмарказӣ (xuršedmarkazi) — having the sun at the center
  • Turkish: Güneş merkezli — having the sun at the center
  • Ukrainian: геліоцентри́чний (heliocentrýčnyj) — having the sun at the center
  • Uzbek: geliotsentrik — having the sun at the center
  • Welsh: heliosentrig — having the sun at the center
  • Yiddish: העליאָצענטריש (helyotsentrish) — having the sun at the center